For those of you that have kept up with the saga...Can you believe we still don't have our chair?! It has been almost 7 MONTHS!!! Well, I finally got a call last week from the owner of the store and he set up delivery for today! But surprise, surprise...NO CHAIR! Yesterday, I got a call from him again and he said that the base of the chair was warped. (Why didn't anyone notice this last week when he called to schedule delivery?!) I was so mad and really in disbelief, but after 7 months, I should know better. I was so irritated that I didn't even process that he offered to give us the "grover chair" and give us a full refund for the chair we ordered. I shot that down and told him he had about 8 days before we were going to be moved to Michigan. Well, after calming down a little and talking to Brian, we decided to take him up on his offer. The blue chair (apparently doesn't look as bad in person as it does in the picture on this blog) matches our basement furniture pretty well and we could use some extra seating in our new basement. And this way at least it is over and takes the stress out of it. I already ordered and received a glider and ottoman from Target from the partial refund that we were expecting and it looks really nice in Connor's bedroom. So in the end, once we find one for the living room we will have gotten 3 chairs for the price of 1. Not too bad, we just had to deal with bad business practices and 7 months of irritation. :)
Bottom line everyone in this area should boycott SWEET DREAMS BABY....can you imagine if it had been a crib or dresser or something like that?!
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The new annoyance of the day is insurance. Amidst all the moving paperwork and getting utilities transferred, etc. Brian got a packet from work about dependents. Basically, we have to submit paperwork proving that Connor and I are his dependents to continue being covered by medical/dental insurance. This is for all employees, not just Brian. It is just that the timing of it is irritating. So, they need the first page of our tax return from last year as my proof and they need Connor's birth certificate for his proof. I drove to downtown Akron to get Connor's birth certificate and had to pay $16.50 for the first copy. Has anyone else not been issued one for free in the mail? I just thought it was bizarre, but of course I had no choice and now it is done. Well, when I called the company in charge of gathering all of this documentation and was told that the birth certificate alone is not enough proof for Connor...?!? We have to show that Connor is "financially dependent" on Brian. The lady on the phone asked me if Connor was in daycare or if we were divorced (Brian paying child support). Of course both of those answers were "No". So she said I have to wait to submit everything after we've filed our 2008 tax return so Connor's name will be on it too. Sweet. So, that is one more thing I have to keep up with during the move and don't get to check off. Oh yeah, and if it isn't all squared away by May 22nd, we are dropped from coverage! I know we need to get our taxes finished, but the primary irritant is that I was trying to get it all squared away today so I don't even have to think about it, but that would be WAY too easy.
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In addition to all of that, we've been jumping through hoops providing all sorts of financial documentation for our new house. It is very comforting to know that 2 weeks from now we'll be getting settled in our new house....already slept there for a few nights!
Connor is sleeping now and I should be cleaning, doing work, or sleeping myself, but instead I'm typing this and watching the Biggest Loser....I need to get my priorities in order....
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