tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post5206208521755022788..comments2024-03-16T14:03:19.116+00:00Comments on Above the River: ThursdayCJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14311693185700341580noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-65426686380159450482014-02-03T17:21:26.855+00:002014-02-03T17:21:26.855+00:00I really enjoyed reading through this. I think we ...I really enjoyed reading through this. I think we read so often about certain events our blogging friends experience, but I often wonder what other people's days look like. It was very nice to have a peak at one of yours, hour by hour. What a clever way to tell and share stories from your life. I hope the cake turned out alright and the bed too. Devonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16050293013935630835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-30046776173112578732014-02-02T18:28:43.111+00:002014-02-02T18:28:43.111+00:00I think you needed that rant! What a day. I'm ...I think you needed that rant! What a day. I'm still surprised by how short the school day is, how little I seem to achieve in that time. I hope the flat pack bed is now complete. Those sorts of jobs always take four times longer than you think they should. xGillian Roehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05080123177116154219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-49233324262514716772014-02-02T09:00:19.178+00:002014-02-02T09:00:19.178+00:00Permission to swear. Loudly.
(but really.. you a...Permission to swear. Loudly.<br /><br />(but really.. you and I know that that is quite a normal day with three boys right? I'd like to say it gets easier...)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08597324560311863417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-51767729087274673302014-02-01T12:33:37.259+00:002014-02-01T12:33:37.259+00:00I'm not surprised you needed a quiet moment an...I'm not surprised you needed a quiet moment and a rant after a day of the flat-pack. My heart often sinks when I'm faced with one and I then see the instructions sent with it. It's no wonder that people often spend out to get the over-priced, ready assembled products.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02792703802542843791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-51911417556193247232014-02-01T11:25:34.255+00:002014-02-01T11:25:34.255+00:00This made me giggle, sorry it's just do well w...This made me giggle, sorry it's just do well written that I think we can all relate in one way or another. Love the lunch break feast, which I will add was very restraint given the circumstances. I to hope the day got better my dear or well shall I say the next day. Hope the bed is built and sorted, they are a nightmare and yes why didn't they share the YouTube link?? Love the situation with opticians, couldn't agree more. Sending much love xoxoHannapathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05973402312667870414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-72554044862492703072014-02-01T00:12:56.314+00:002014-02-01T00:12:56.314+00:00I say leave flat packs to the mr then you can blam...I say leave flat packs to the mr then you can blame him when things go PEAr shaped<br />Well done take a deep breathe Heldaslandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06892532052557534526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-83361543199899012272014-01-31T21:50:22.181+00:002014-01-31T21:50:22.181+00:00I hope the bed building has gone smoothly today, w...I hope the bed building has gone smoothly today, we only bought flat pack once & said never again! that sounds like a busy day for you!Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805509603176943176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-86170030055992136332014-01-31T20:32:47.006+00:002014-01-31T20:32:47.006+00:00You have such a lovely way with words, I can see i...You have such a lovely way with words, I can see it all in front of me, and you make me smile! Pity I don't live a bit closer, as a seasoned flat pack assembler I'd happily have given you a hand with it! These days my older two fight over putting together a flat pack, I don't get a look-in any more ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-61440494615008426792014-01-31T18:41:03.519+00:002014-01-31T18:41:03.519+00:00You are a braver woman than I ... flat packs I gen...You are a braver woman than I ... flat packs I generally leave to the Mr ... that way I can always blame him if everything goes pear shaped ;)<br /><br />So is the taking of cakes for sales compulsory now? Schools seem to encroach ever further on family's freedoms it seems to me :(Annie Cholewahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17608057589525908147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-7904852794399914422014-01-31T15:20:23.845+00:002014-01-31T15:20:23.845+00:00CJ, I applaud your persistence and, as a seasoned ...CJ, I applaud your persistence and, as a seasoned flat packer from the school of Ikea and MFI, I'm especially impressed that you didn't stop to eat the whole kitchen after the mornings shenanigans. Isn't is infuriating how the school day cuts the day in half, just as you're getting to grips with things? Your youngest is very astute to realise that everything takes twice as long as you think it will! Hope he enjoyed his 'camping' and that the project was finished smoothly today … although, I've just remembered, you've got the drawers to do - yikes!! Good luck!!Carohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11317388242574705433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-25254386988335667042014-01-31T14:35:42.842+00:002014-01-31T14:35:42.842+00:00I think that after a day like that you're enti...I think that after a day like that you're entitled to rant, so there's no need to apologise. I hope that it was a one-off and you don't get another day like that for a long while.<br />There's no excuse for providing poor assembly instructions but it does seem the norm doesn't it.<br />Flighty xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-43573200828570632272014-01-31T14:18:36.839+00:002014-01-31T14:18:36.839+00:00Crikey, what a day! I hope your littlest one enjoy...Crikey, what a day! I hope your littlest one enjoyed his 'camping out' at least and you're having a better time of it today xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-12248191887995307492014-01-31T12:21:42.782+00:002014-01-31T12:21:42.782+00:00Just awful - I can't believe you didn't le...Just awful - I can't believe you didn't leave the job of putting a bed together to your husband! I guess its woman power for you, but you could find better things to do with your day! Whew - make two cakes and eat one all by yourself - you deserve it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-42664275677734901222014-01-31T11:34:03.181+00:002014-01-31T11:34:03.181+00:00I hope today is going much smoother than yesterday...I hope today is going much smoother than yesterday. It's always the same with flat pack furniture, the manufacturers know how much bad press it gets because it's so hard to put together so you'd think they'd go out of their way to include clear instructions, but they don't.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-32569612763652941022014-01-31T11:09:22.933+00:002014-01-31T11:09:22.933+00:00What are instructions?What are instructions?Martynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05245774393957298668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-63731519007014186712014-01-31T11:00:01.328+00:002014-01-31T11:00:01.328+00:00What a day and a half! The flat pack people want y...What a day and a half! The flat pack people want you to realise how difficult the construction is so you will relent and pay them to do it! It sounds a bot like the bake-Off technical challenge where only partial instructions are given.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-65850198075649890862014-01-31T10:15:37.644+00:002014-01-31T10:15:37.644+00:00Good grief, don't apologise. I would have thro...Good grief, don't apologise. I would have thrown it out of the window!! I refuse to make flat pack furniture after the infamous chest of drawers incident. Alfie is a whizz at flat pack, so I leave any of that to him and his Dad. After all, they can't bake....<br /><br />Leanne xxLeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15617604296746784414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-62171966017350964922014-01-31T09:55:19.868+00:002014-01-31T09:55:19.868+00:00I wish that I knew why they have to make these blo...I wish that I knew why they have to make these blooming things so hard to put together. A few more instructions here and there, mention of the video - which would cost nothing!! - and some pictures would not go amiss would they. GRRRRR!!!! I hope that today goes better for you and that you get the bed finally together. Very impressed with your organisation of the screws and fixings!! I live with someone who just allows them to spread all of the floor - he drives me mad! xxAmy at love made my homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111180584250029433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-30767945292780022372014-01-31T09:38:13.233+00:002014-01-31T09:38:13.233+00:00I hope today is a better day xI hope today is a better day xdriftwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11416170414524297337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-60682386478236536172014-01-31T09:05:29.474+00:002014-01-31T09:05:29.474+00:00I think I'd probably have thrown the flat pack...I think I'd probably have thrown the flat pack at somebody about lunch time! Why they don't provide all the instructions you need is anyones guess - maybe they thought you wanted the challenge?!Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09877883607133338348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-78013540101754534052014-01-31T07:49:09.057+00:002014-01-31T07:49:09.057+00:00I wonder how come you are able to coherently put t...I wonder how come you are able to coherently put together such a post - I'd have slammed a few doors and gone to bed with the duvet over my head by about lunch time!! I do hope that today will prove a better day and that the bed will eventually be put together safely and without any parts having been discovered missing. Flat packs are renowned for being complicated and people make a living out of doing it for you though hopefully not at £120 a go!! Hope the boy will like it when it's done and not demand to remain camping!!Marigold Jamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895195019277206960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-49360632212460743742014-01-31T07:45:51.668+00:002014-01-31T07:45:51.668+00:00Ooh, a blast from the past in my case it was a tal...Ooh, a blast from the past in my case it was a tall cabin bed with 5 pages of instructions that had been translated from some obscure dialect by an idiot. No internet in those days so I rang the manufacturer who talked us through it on the phone. We had the wrong instructions and got a small refund, enough for a soothing bottle of red. My first and last venture into the world of flat pack.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406981075860636289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-53108309648771005362014-01-31T04:35:30.666+00:002014-01-31T04:35:30.666+00:00I am relating to you so very much in this moment! ...I am relating to you so very much in this moment! My days are filled with diaper changes, fights over toys, and food making and clean up! Like you there are times when i feel like nothing has gotten accomplished or like you something doesn't go as planned! The life of a mom...we all go through this everyday and it is in these moments that we are able to really appreciate those golden days. Best wishes to you tomorrow friend...that it is a wonderful day for you! You had me cracking up about the tutorial and the lady with the nice nails...don't you just love how unrealistic those things are! HA! All the best friend...Nicole xoxo My Garden Diarieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17295676587780780313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-89773757675596402382014-01-31T03:06:20.697+00:002014-01-31T03:06:20.697+00:00Gadzooks.. that sounds like a very intense project...Gadzooks.. that sounds like a very intense project! My husband and DIL put together our gazebo and play structure.. those had a bazillion pieces! ((hugs)), Teresa :-) Teresa Kasnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6235841642149423068.post-7184699370753152272014-01-30T23:17:08.918+00:002014-01-30T23:17:08.918+00:00Oh dear. This is the kind of day I've been hav...Oh dear. This is the kind of day I've been having all week. It hasn't been a great week. I give you a lot of credit with three boys. I've only got two kids, and only one boy, and I feel like passing out by dinnertime. Jennifer Hayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685253944514672324noreply@blogger.com