My Apartment is a Mess

I’ve sorta mentioned that we are redoing our living room. Last week, I came home to grab lunch and announced to PartyDog I thought we should redo our living room. He agreed, we sold our couches on craiglist the next day and took two hauls of stuff to Goodwill. This is all fine and dandy, especially since we have company coming this weekend…and no couch to sit on. BUT the couch is coming on Friday so we will at least have something for people to sit on at some point during their trip.

So our living room looked like this mess for a few days:

Then we got smart and brought the papasan chair out of the bedroom so we had something to sit on.

After some trips to Goodwill and IKEA, our living room looks even more messy and cluttered:

But our latest addition is our first book shelf that is NOT from IKEA. After having too many IKEA book shelves that have broken or warped on us, we decided upon this shelf from Crate and Barrel:

So as you can see, our apartment is a complete mess and horrible to be in right now. Tonight we are hoping to somehow get it sort of together and clean it considering PartyDog’s family is coming tomorrow.  Would have been nice to plan this redecorating project out a little better but that’s not our style- that would require planning and thinking ahead of time…

That’s all the nonsense I have for now!

What room in your place would you love to redecorate??

Internet Funnies

Every night I spend at least 30 laying in bed going through Reddit looking for horrible things to post on my blog.  Sike, I don’t have intentions of posting this crap, I just am addicted to Reddit and sometimes feel like sharing with you the super weird things I find on there. So here we go…

This dog has the right idea, who doesn’t like a warm bum?

This amazing couple:

I wish my dad did this:

And I really wish someone would do this at my work- and by someone I wish I could:

This kills me:

How great is this napkin holder?

This person in a stroller:

How genius is this idea:

Reddit always delivers. And it helps that people are freaks.

That’s all the nonsense I have for now!

Your turn-share some funnies!

How to Survive a Trip to IKEA

Party dog and I went to IKEA yesterday…..which also happened to be our six year anniversary. Seems like a bad omen right? We somehow had an incredibly fight-free trip because I think I’ve finally figured out the secret to making it out of IKEA alive.

1.  Drink before you go.
It really doesn’t matter what time it is, if you’re going to IKEA you need it. We had brunch at 10:00 am yesterday which means we were drinking at 10:00 am. It’s totally acceptable to drink that early considering the day you’re about to have, so go for it.

2. Bring water.

There’s a very good chance you are about to spend hours at IKEA….just imagine how thirsty you are going to get. Do yourself a favor and come prepared. There’s nothing worse then wandering aimlessly around with your mouth dry and completely dehydrated. Bring water- trust me.

3.  Don’t go when it’s super hot out.

Is there anything worse than a horrible crowded IKEA on a hot summer day? No there isn’t. It’s a fact. If you go when it’s pushing 90 degrees outside, you may as well of gone to Disney World and chosen to get in the line for It’s a Small World. Nothing.Worse.

4. Go on a holiday.

We went on Father’s Day and it was remarkably less busy.  If you can mange to go on a holiday you have  much a better chance of staying in that relationship of yours and not crawling up in the fetal position in a corner of the bargain basement and crying.

5. Have a plan going in.

This one is huge. Make a plan and STICK TO IT. That my friends, is the hard part. PartyDog and I figure out exactly what we need before going in and refuse to stray from the plan.  We started to stray yesterday in the office department but I got us back on track. We had a time limit of 2 hours in IKEA to stick to and we were cutting it close so we booked it to where we needed to actually be.

6. Don’t just buy whatever is cheapest.

THIS is where IKEA gets you. There’s always a super cheap option and an option a bit more expensive that look nearly identical.  You spend a few minutes contemplating which one to get but it’s a no brainier to get the $25.00 book shelf right? WRONG! Unless you want a call at work from your partner saying “the Billy bookcase died this morning. It just gave up and fell apart” two months after you purchase the thing, spend the extra money.

7. Close your eyes, take a deep breath and compromise.

I won’t lie, I felt the tears coming in the desk department yesterday. But I refused to succumb to my typical storm out of IKEA in tears and leave with nothing drama. So I closed my eyes, took a deep breath and compromised with my beloved PartyDog. It worked!

8. Cut the crap-get to the point.

I can’t tell you how many fights have started from “I really don’t care, what do you think” going back and forth to each other. Because the thing is, YOU DO CARE. You care so much but you don’t want the other person to know, and IKEA has so many options you get so  frazzled that you can’t make up your damn mind. So cut the crap people- get to the point and say exactly what you’re thinking. AND GET OUT.

And that is how you too can have a fight and tear-free trip to IKEA. Oh and don’t forget to buy the cinnamon bun once you checkout-you deserve it after the hell you just went through.

That’s all the nonsense I have for now!

Tell me about your worst IKEA trip!

FRIDAY!

Here we go! Another edition of freaky Friday Searches!

• can goods open cabinet (I don’t even understand what they were trying to search.)
  
• go get your eyes checked (Yes, go do that.)
• i’m always freezing cold (I’m sorry.)
• im 25 and never really planned my life (Welcome to my life.)
• im bored in class what can i do (Reading my blog certainly won’t help with you boredom.)
• what is alasloop (No clue.)

And now for an amazing gif:

Weirdly soothing isn’t it?

That’s all the nonsense I have for now!

Weekend plans??

PartyDog and I will be spending all weekend trying to find furniture for our living room before we have guests next weekend. I may not come back alive though since…..we are going to IKEA. God save me.