I had a dentist appointment today. My dentist is up in Redwood Shores (it used to be a pleasant ten minute walk from my office instead of a slog up US-101), but that gave me a chance to stop by Ikea to try and trade in the Billy shelf parts for ones that fit ( Read more... )

Having been at Day Jobbe until after 10 PM (starting from 6 AM) two days this week, I'll be heading home soon. However, I will be stopping by they Ikea in East Palo Alto on the way out of the Bay Area because there are no Ikea stores in northern Nevada and Lisa has asked me to buy a couple of extra shelves for our Billy bookcases ( Read more... )

Lisa informed me this week that she's managed to clear enough wall space to accommodate more shelves, and asked me to buy two more BILLY bookshelves. So after breakfast and checking out of the hotel this morning, I went up to East Palo Alto and did so. This was indeed my second trip there in a week, but that's because we didn't know we'd have room ( Read more... )

I worked from the apartment this morning before heading up to Redwood Shores to have my dentist fit the two permanent crowns on my right lower rear teeth.

( The crowns don't fit )

One of the things I like doing when at IKEA is looking through their Swedish food. I rarely actually buy any, often because the things I want need refrigeration and I am usually not going straight home after shopping there. On the trip last night to buy additional shelves for our bookcases in Fernley, I nearly bought the tube of salmon paste as a ( Read more... )

Lisa has been filling the rooms in Fernley House with Billy bookcases; some that came up from the apartment in Fremont, and others that I bought new. After work this evening, I went up to IKEA in East Palo Alto to buy additional shelf material: additional shelves and five height-extension units, plus some additional hardware for connecting the ( Read more... )

After work this evening, I went up to East Palo Alto's IKEA and bought three more Billy bookcases for Fernley House. Lisa said we need more shelves in the living room, and the Billy cases are relatively inexpensive, sturdy, and otherwise fit for purpose ( Read more... )

Cheryl, safely arrived in Boston and staying in the hotel where we'll be for SMOFCon in December, reports on a story in the Guardian that says IKEA furniture could prove dangerous because 67% of male flatpack furniture buyers don't read the instructions. Yikes! I managed to mis-assemble a couple of pieces even when I did read the instructions. ( ( Read more... )

On my way to the office today, I swung over to IKEA to deal with bits and pieces -- literally! After a long wait for my number to be called, I gave them the extra "anti-earthquake" wall bracket and most of the Allen wrenches, and they gave me a replacement end-cap for the one that broke and also eight of the mounting pins for the extra BILLY ( Read more... )

We went to IKEA this morning to replace the mis-drilled cabinet front, get the bookshelf wall bracket, and to buy two more shelves for one of the BILLY bookcases. When we got to the store, there was a long queue at the Customer Service desk, so Cheryl, who had a book to read while she waited, sent me off to buy the extra shelves.

( IKEA Customer Service )