The new desk

I cannot decorate. I just want to put that out there. Knowing that it takes me FOREVER to pick out furniture, bedding, wall art, and everything else that would go in your home. Our desk was getting old and due for retirement. I began with just a simple search. You know, Target, Office Max, Staples, etc. I knew i didn't want to invest $500 or more in a desk since i don't know where we will end up or if it would even fit in the next house. I found one that was just perfect at Target. Of course, when i went back to get it a few months later it was..yes, you guessed it, GONE. So, i search again and find it again. It was cheaper than at Target so no complaints. After another three weeks of putting off ordering i find it is gone again. That is what i get. Eric finds it at another site (with really bad customer service reviews) and orders the desk. We soon found out that the desk was discontinued and so i wasn't expecting to ever receive it. A month and a half and a few calls to the customer service department later(i feel sure that it is a requirement to be on drugs to work there) we receive the desk. Not to my surprise it was one long skinny box. Great. This meant an afternoon of assembling. We all got ready:

We began with step one in what i was sure could be considered a novel. I went really slow and double checked everything so i didn't make a mistake. I think all the pregnancy hormones killed off my good brain cells.

My helpers were in and out. Always willing to grab and run with something i was sure to need in the next step. Finally, about 4 or 5 hours later i was finished and ready to push my new desk back into its new space and turn the computer on. I turn on the computer and it all works. No time to enjoy all my hard work. I was off to cook dinner.

It is not quite what Eric and i thought it was going to look like but it is still very nice and hopefully it will last us the next 5 years and 5 moves. :) On a side note: the kids still have those nasty coughs. Slowly getting better. I didn't take them to gymnastics today because i didn't want to pass it around. Still no word on a move. Eric ran into a few problems this week and had a long night Wednesday and will be going in for a full day at least on Saturday and maybe Sunday. The hospital is scheduled to begin moving in on Monday. Hopefully next week will bring us news about our new location. Check back.