Well tomorrow is the BIG Release for All That Scraps!
Everything I have previewed over the last few days will FINALLY be available to you! YIPEE!!
Check out the blogfor more peeks and your chance to win todays set.
Feeling Fowl?
This set is called Get Well Critters from the Cookie Crumbs (aka Diane Zechman) line
Oh and yes this horrific photo was taken the same day as the last bad 2! LOL!
I have to say I ADORE this card! I love the FARM FRIENDLY (hahahaha) colors, and especially the layout!!
The chicken, to me, is cutest image in the set. I just loved him when I saw him-along with the sentiment.
So I hope you like the set too.
Now onto a personal level
SWING SET UPDATE:
8 hours in, and its still not done! My body hurts. So YES! “I ” am feeling “fowl”. We had some very big unexpected issues arise
The WORST part-the darn company “forgot” to include the instructions (we printed them online-all 48 pages!!!) some of the wood pieces and ALL the hardware! So Jay had to go out and BUY over $100 worth of nuts, blots and washers!
He spent 3 hours at the store getting every nut and blot known to man, while I was in the backyard, trying to keep the kids entertained at home, while sorting out the wood pieces, and then laying each one out on the ground in section for the pieces for
The rock wall, Swing Post, Ladder, Base, sides etc
Now if you KNEW me, you would know Im your typical GIRLY GIRL. This is so not a Lauren activity! LOL! Figuring it all out was far from enjoyable.
Keep in mind they label NOTHING! So I have to MEASURE each wood piece to ensure its the correct one-YEAH! So not fun.
It is also missing some decorative elements-like ONE window, the roof awning for shade, the chalkboard and swing stuff. GRR!!!
So after spending SO MUCH money on a swing set, to be missing so much is seriously upsetting. After we got the 2 HUGE heavy boxes down our HILL in the yard, we realized just WHAT the heck was missing. Had we known it was missing like everything other than the WOOD, we wouldn’t have LUGGED it down our HILL of a yard!
Keep in mind Jay has 2 herniated discs, and the shots have done NOTHING. We are looking at surgery-so I had to do the brunt of the lifting and pulling.
I called Toys R Us FUMING over our findings. Their response was-pack it back up and return it then!
NICE. Oh and not happening after I got THAT far into it.
I am calling the manufacturer tomorrow and trust me, someone else will know just how fowl I feel.
Toys R Us said they had NUMEROUS boxes like this missing hardware, and key parts to the set. I want to know how you can charge like a 1,000 for a wooden swing set, and NOT make sure EVERYTHING is included?!
OK Sorry-Im just very upset about this whole situation.
They should at the least ship out what was missing, and refund the hardware we HAD to buy (since we PROMISED our kids we would put it together this weekend) Can’t make them wait the 3 weeks for shipping hardware! Summer will be half done!
Granted I don’t mind that some of the decorative stuff will be missing-like the roof and whatnot. They can still PLAY and use it.
Anywho-enough of that disaster.
I hope to share HAPPY photos of the ids playing on the half decorated swing set this week! LOL!
OH! I will definitely keep you posted on what the swing company has to say.
Tomorrow is my Papertrey Ink Design Team Challenge! You won’t want to miss that. I busted my HINEY on it.
OK back to the yard
28 Responses for "Feeling Fowl?"
Wow…I would have been livid, too! Pack it back up, huh? LOL! I hope the manufacturer gets you everything you paid for!
That chicken is cute, and the sentiment perfect. As far as the swing set goes, I’d say your anger is certainly justified. Hopefully the manufacturer will do the right thing! (Glad I don’t work in customer service for them!!)
Oh gosh, how CUTE!!
I hope you get some satisfaction from the company. Spending that much money on a set and then not getting all the parts is pretty poor! I wish I lived closer to you – I have a crow’s nest all put together and ready to go – my kids don’t play on it anymore. But I remember putting it together – I got my dad and my uncle over …. don’t think I could have done it! Good luck on getting is finished tho!
Lauren – I say forget the phone call – break out the ninja suit and pay the company a visit in person 🙂
Love the card. Can’t wait for the release!
Love the card…and I can so relate to your swing set horror story. We got a big swingset (many moons ago, as our oldest is nearly 22 now) that was a display model, so we got a great deal…only to find out that it was missing just about every piece of nut and bolt imagineable. I must have made twenty different phone calls to the store. I think it was even missing a swing seat…it was so frustrating, but after it tuirned to winter, we had a complete set!!!
I also love the country look of this card. Adorable image. Sorry for you swing set trials. Go get ’em! :0) As always, I’m looking forward to PaperTrey Ink’s beginning-of-the-month stuff.
Lauren, I love your card!!
Isn’t just awful that companies can do that to you and then act like it is nothing. They are the ones that should come up with the solutions not you. Good Luck when you call the manufacture about the swing set. I am sure the kids will be having a lot of fun using it.
Go get them, Lauren!! If you run out of steam I’ll take over for you! Can’t believe they would leave so much out. Trust it will all come out okay in the end and when you see the kids playing on it and enjoying it, the memories of the set up will quickly disappear (just like childbirth). Blessings!
Kids play stuff that you have to construct is a total nightmare. Friends in York used to save those jobs for when we visited – 4 adults including one who was a qualified actuary and it was still a struggle and yes there is always something missing! We don’t have kids of our own but i have done at least 3 major constructions!!! Love the little chicky with his bandage!
Cute card! I know what you mean on the swing set. We had a similar situation when we got the swing last year… UGH! Ours did have some miscellaneous UNLABELED peices of hardware with it though :o)
Ugh… I hate when they say that. It’s almost like they’re counting on you not wanting to go through the hassle. Hopefully the manufacturer will be of more help (and 2nd day deliver everything).
{{Hugs}}}… sounds like you needed one!
Talk to you later,
Love, Renee
Cute card!! I love that chick, too 🙂
My bro had heard all the same horror stories like yours, so.. he designed and built the HUGE jungle gym in his backyard for his kids. Not only the kids loves it, but the parents of all the other kids who’d come to play, too! In fact, he made a few for them as well. When his boys got too old for it, he sold it for a very reasonable price!
Hmmm, had I known about you then…. 🙂
Oh, that is so bad that they didn’t care. I hope the company is more understanding.
I love your card. Super cute. Sorry for your troubles. I wouldn’t recommend this company or swing set to anyone. we have a Rainbow. Yeah, they are expensive but the service is impeccable. They deliver and put together in under 3 hours. Sorry, not trying to pour salt in the wound. Just something you can pass on to others. It stinks to have to go through all that. I would call, write letters and basically let them know you won’t be recommending their product to your numerous friends. Who knows….maybe they will send you something free or give you some money back. In the meantime, I hope your family can ultimately have years of fun on the new swing set.
Same thing happened to us… except we were only missing 1 piece of wood and had a piece of wood that belonged to an entire other playset in our box. The company shipped out the replacement the day we called, no questions asked, didn’t cost us a thing (except the time and frustration!). So sorry!!
Wow! I would make them pay for pain and suffering too! Why is it that nothing goes as planned with these things! Who is doing the work at these factories? I would definitely make a stink (something I rarely do) because that is just wrong to the nth degree! LOL!
Love your card, btw! Diane has some cute sets. I have to get them out and use them soon! Maybe next week’s challenge!
Can’t wait for your PTI challenge! I’ll keep my eyes on your blog! LOL!
OMG…you poor thing! I’m made with you…but laughing as well :O) Really laughing as a matter of fact! I’m picturing girly girl Lauren lugging all of that wood down the hill, measuring it and sorting it…and then realizing everything that is missing. OMG…I would have been soooo mad! But at this point of all the little things that are going wrong, you almost have to laugh. Good luck with the manufacturer.
Love your card also! GREAT layout and colors :O) Can’t wait to see your PTI project!! Have a great week.
Lauren,
As a person who works in that type of industry, that is sooo unacceptable! What you need to do is call ToysRus corporate and start yelling. The buyer needs to know this so they could go at there manufacturer for this. The manufacturer not only should compensate the time you had to wait, but the hardware that you needed to purchase.
Hopefully you will get some answers and parts lol. Oh and your better than me, I would of said time to head back to ToysRus and return it or have someone from there come to my house and put it together.
Charna
Oh boy, that’s not good. I would be going to the corporate office of Toys R Us as well especially if the local store knows that stuff is missing in several boxes and are still selling them. That bites! I hope you get somewhere with the company and hopefully Jay gets some relief with his back as well.
Uh, I feel your pain… literally!!! We are going through the same with with our play centre (sounds like it’s the same one!). We were missing a vital piece on the 1st step which thankfully, alerted us to the problem… although the company sent it to us in a couple days. The worst part is the non-labelling and the fact that all the hardware is in different bags so you have to go from one to another to find the 4 different pieces to each screw!!! It has taken us days and we’re not done yet either and because of the delay, my hubby had to go back to work and leave me with a 1/2 done playset to finish on my own (he won’t be back for 2 wks… kids are NOT patient are they?). Oh the joys! All I can say, is that this sucker better be good, sturdy and last until the kids don’t play on it anymore!!!
P.S. Loving the projects… especially the acetate butterflies!
Ugh! I hate when they say that. Sorry for DH’s discs, hopefully he has seen a chiropractor. It usually takes up to 6 weeks to heal with chiro and PT, then you are good without surgery. Most don’t require it.
Love the acetate butterflies!!
Hi Lauren,
We also purchased a wooden swingset from ToysRUs and had some pieces missing. Called the store and they said to call the manufacturer. We did and they are shipping the missing pieces within 3 days. Can’t believe you are missing so much. Good luck. Great projects. Thanks for the inspiration!
Oh Lauren…NOTHING is as frustrating as that type of mistake on the company’s part! I’m sorry you’re having to go through all of that.
And a side note on Jay’s discs. My husband (38) just had back surgery on Feb 25th of this year after going through all of the same stuff. Therapy, shots, oral steroids, etc. He’s a California Highway Patrol Officer, so he really needed to get back on the road…but they make you go through this process before doing the surgery. FINALLY, he got the surgery. He had SERIOUSLY herniated discs that were pressing on his sciatic nerve ALL the time (and then HE would get on MY nerves…hee, hee), so he was miserable. He really did try and put a brave face on it, but it was debilitating. After the micro-discectomy, he’s a brand new man! He just went back to regular duty (takes some time to properly heal after the surgery…he got REALLY good @ Facebook!) and is doing GREAT! Maybe that type of surgery is an option for Jay. It’s minimally invasive and WORKS….long term!
Good Luck with Jay’s back…and the swingset!
Hello everyone,
Oh wow I really love your card design! It is so cool that people are being creative, I have tried before to make my own but I did fail really badly! I wish you all the best with everything!
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Congratulations,Euan. It’s a fair achievement to complete a race like this and live to tell the tale!! Well done
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