Building a Home

Is harder than I remembered.  Packing and unpacking is a long process.  And even though we had a whole apartment full of stuff that we brought with us, it still feels like there’s so much more that we need that I didn’t anticipate.  Now that I’m in my second apartment I have this new desire to have more grown-up things: cups and towels that all match, furniture that isn’t made out of plastic or particle board.  And I second my friend at spicykoury.blogspot.com about how surprisingly difficult it is to find a decent couch.  99% of everything out there is a terrible chenille or microfiber suede.  We finally settled on a leather couch from Raymour and Flanagan.  It was scheduled to be delivered this past Thursday between 12-4, but we got a call around 2 saying the truck had broken down and they were running two hours late.  When the couch finally arrived the delivery guys told us that it had a scratch and asked us if we would like to send it back for a new one.  I didn't want to start of with a brand new couch that was already damaged, so we let them take it back.  All day waiting and our living room is still empty.  Looks like the process of building our new home continues.