The Roby Family

This morning we were determined to sleep in.  Jeffer barged into the bedroom at 6:49 (I know ’cause I rolled over and looked at my clock) ready to party.  We turned on PBS Kids on our bedroom TV for him in hopes of getting more sleep.  I woke up about 9a and saw Jacob was in bed with us, but Jeffer was nowhere in site.  I immediately sprang out of bed and ran downstairs.  I was a bit scared of what I might find because well Jeffer loves to pretend to cook.  At the hospital this past week he made a “cake” from my BlackBerry, iPod, battery charger & a DVD case.  He’ll take all kind of random ingredients but prefers getting his hands on real ones.  Confirming my fears I found him sitting on the kitchen floor surrounded by empty spice jars and the kitchen smelled like a Turkish Bazaar.  He had procured two bowls, the sifter, two spoons and many, many jars of spices.

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The irony of the situation is that he managed to get a broom and dustpan out to try and clean it up.  The dustpan was half full of spices so he’d made some progress but I guess got bored and went back to cookin’.

I’m hoping it isn’t time to break down and buy that pink kitchen set for him.  Maybe I’ll look on Craigslist…

Since we said our “I do’s” we have enjoyed a dining set that is a family heirloom of Jenny’s.  However the abuse doled out by two toddlers named Jacob & Jefferson has taken a toll on the table and chairs.  So, for the last year we have been browsing, searching, shopping & looking under rocks for a dining table that would be stable, stylish & of course a steal.

Yesterday after watching a really cool episode of This Old House we were inspired to trudge out in sunny but yet frigid temps to find a new table and chairs once and for all.  We visited a multitude of places including,

• Furniture Row
• Snow’s Furniture
• Rooms to Go
• BCBC Modern (in spirit but not in the flesh)
• Sunshine Furniture

And that was just before lunch.  The boys really hung in there and were great sports.  Check ‘em out…

To ward off the possibility of a hunger paned decision we rolled over to our favorite lil’ buritto joint, Chipotle.  Jeffer killed a burrito bol.

Following lunch we hit a few more stores…

• JCPenney Home Store
• Basset Direct
• Mathis Brothers
• Furniture Factory Outlet (Which apparently we missed the “going out of business sale” by a few weeks)
• Snow’s Furniture (yep, a second time)

Having now hit basically every furniture store in Tulsa we decided on a basic, black round table from Snow’s.  So we did a whole lot of driving to buy something at the second place we went.  Always works like that, right?? Follow our trip here…

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Well, we got it home (thank goodness for luggage racks and rope) and put together.  One of the chairs had a sizable gash in the leg and the table top had a nick in the rim so they are going back today.  However, we were so excited we couldn’t help but model it even for all its blemishes.

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Can’t wait to have you over dinner soon!

This morning while Jenny was showering and I was shredding solos on Guitar Hero the boys slipped into the kitchen.  The peanut butter jar was still out from our pancakes this morning and Jacob decided he wanted some more.  From what we know, he got a bit then handed the jar to Jefferson.  From there here is what happened:

The cleanup begins…