sunday queues

new country, new ikea...

one never gets all the ikea stuff one needs in the first or 2nd or even 3rd rounds. as a matter of fact, we forgot so much stuff i believe we'll be back for a 5th visit before the weekend. but we did manage to purchase the slatty things that go under the mattresses. of course, they didnt fit in the rental car, so we had to stand in the sunday queue for tuesday afternoon delivery. one needs an extraordinary amount of patience for a sunday queue. and the varkenhusband does not have it. this is why i generally do my ikea shopping on my own. of course, the sunday queue at the hornbach is something *I* do not have patience for, which is, of course, why we had to go there FIRST...

the water guy came today. he's fixing the leaky pipes in the furnace room. he managed to change out two sections of pipe, and install 2 shutoff valves. then he came upstairs and told me NOT to use the water for 2 hours. at least that's what i THINK he was saying. because i went downstairs and noticed that the pipes were still leaking. and i commented on that by pointing to the pipe and the dripping water. and he nodded his head and said "don't use the water for 2 hours" or whatever it was he said the first time. and then pulled out a hack saw from the box of plastic parts he had, and mimed the cutting motion of someone working very hard.

and then he left.

the guys that are supposedly here to fix the electric awning are here. but the awning is outside lying on the patio (where it has been since before we moved in) and they are upstairs in the childrens bedrooms w/ the windows open and power tools. and i see no connection between the two.

i am waiting for the satellite man to show up. he said he would come friday or monday. it is monday. so i hope he will come today. the website that we have for the satro service doesn't state anything about satellite tv. only cable. but the landlady says she has satellite. and the remote control thingie says we have channels, but no signal. i'm not quite sure what to expect, but one can only hope that he at leasts shows up.