The deed is done!

[susandennis]

I had hoped to meet the Dolly guy at Costco at 10:30. I'm out of the gym at 9:20 or so so what to do for and hour and change. I decided to pop into Grocery Outlet for english muffins and then pick up coffee and a sausage biscuit at McDonald's and then go on to Costco and wait in the parking lot til 10:30.

The line was slow at Grocery Outlet. And after I got my coffee and biscuit, I remembered I needed gas. So I got that and then parked at Costco and got a text that Carlos, my Dolly guy was on his way. It had a map and the map showed he was seriously nearly there. So, I hustled out of the car and grabbed a flat cart and made a beeline for the furniture. The chairs were stacked in a way where I could just plot one on the cart so I did. Text... he's in the store! I texted that I was on my way to checkout.

He popped up just then in a red Dolly shirt and a nice big grin on his face. He commandeered the flat cart while I paid and we got it into his truck and he followed me home.





He got it into my living room without issue and offered to unpack it. I allowed as how I'd really rather help me get the brown sofa onto the dolly and he said he could do both. We opened up the box and I quickly figured out that I could handle it alone so he agreed to take the sofa down to the garage for me and I took him up on it. He got the sofa set up and then was on his way. I looked at my watch and it was 10:48.

Carlos got himself a giant tip.

Dolly really is a cool deal. I'm very impressed with the app, how they run it and, particularly with Carlos. There have been many times when I have passed on opportunities because I didn't have a way to haul something. Never ever again.

And then I went to work. The legs were a bitch to locate. They were stuck way up under the front of the chair but I found them and got them on. Getting rid of the box and packaging was the worst bit of all. My neck and shoulders may never work right again.

But, the chair is here and my ass is in it. The box is gone. It's the perfect size and it supports my back exactly like I want and is higher so easier to get in and out of than my other chairs.



And there is plenty of room for YouKnowWho.



Meanwhile in Texas, my brother's chickens have gone to their new home. I had such fun watching them since they were little chicks via the web cams he set up. I was able to capture their last evening at his house.


And their last night in the first coop he ever made.



Bye, chicks, thank you for many hours of wonderful watching. Have fun in your new home.

Now that I'm rested, I need lunch. I'm starving.

Comments

[lilliane.livejournal.com]

Look good! I have no doubt it will soon be covered with color by way of crocheted or knitted items full of color made by you!!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Susan, I read you recently got a new television for the living room, 55", I believe, and also one for your bedroom. I'm curious as to what size screen you decided on there.

[susandennis]

32" - this one:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MU1GBLL/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[gracegiver]

Damn. Sacramento doesn't have Dollly yet. What a great resource to have nearby.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

I may have missed this, but why did your brother get rid of the chickens?

[susandennis]

The company who bought his company no longer wants the retail space which is also where my brother lives so... they bought a new house but the town does not allow chickens when you have neighbors xxx of yards away. Their neighbors will be x close so no chicks. :(

[opakele.livejournal.com]

Great tip on Dolly. You should have let him take the box down too!

I'm interested to hear how you like your chair once you've sat in it a while.

[susandennis]

Next time yes. I didn't ask him this time because he was so gracious when I threw in the 'would you also move my sofa' that I didn't want to get greedy. Next time I'll build it all into the original ask. It really is a slick service.

If I don't remember to report on the chair, be sure an ping me.

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

I need someone like that Dolly truck arrangement to move my mosaic around to my garden, I wonder if I can find someone over here?

[susandennis]

Too bad I can't send you Carlos!

[mhaithaca.livejournal.com]

I think most home improvement stores like Lowe's and Home Depot tend to have an area where there are day laborers and pickup trucks available to haul your whatever to your wherever. More furniture and appliance stores should have the same! Some of them have their own delivery services, but they aren't always very effective or convenient.

[susandennis]

All of our big hardware stores have men out begging for work. But, honestly, I would never ever engage one of them in conversation much less hire them. If I'm going to have a man in my home that I don't know, I want him licensed and bonded and backed by a company who does not want me harmed. Maybe that's just a girl thing. But I'm happy to pay for the complete service.

[mhaithaca.livejournal.com]

Yes, that makes perfect sense, just as you should never hop in an unlicensed cab or get in a car with "an Uber driver" who wants cash instead of getting paid through the app.

I think as a sometime Lyft driver, I'm just a little burned on the idea of the gig economy giving TOO MUCH of your money to Lyft and not enough to the driver, or too much to Dolly and not enough to Carlos.