In our last blog installment we were lamenting the fact that we could not find curtains to go in our newly redecorated Jefferson Davis Room-well the search has come to an end. After receiving two different shipments of curtains from discount websites we decided that discount was not necessarily the way to go. So this past Saturday we drove to Portland and paid a visit to Pottery Barn where we found just the right curtains but we only were able to find three panels of the curtains. I was beginning to think that I had some really bad curtain karma. I asked the salesman, Sabine, who was very helpful, if he could check the Pottery Barn website but the company has a policy that their salespeople cannot get on the site inside the store. So, thinking on my feet (unusual for me), I decided that while Sabine was checking other stores I would call my dear mother and have here look on-line for the curtains.
Here is how the conversation played out.
Beth -"Mom, could you get on the computer and look up Pottery Barn's web page and check their curtain section for the Silk Dupioni mini strip curtain?"
Mom's response- "Oh, sure let me get the computer started. Ok, ahh-what the heck is this page that came up? Kipp is going to have to fix my computer because this silly email page keeps coming up. Well, hold on just one minute let me type it in the address again P-O-T-T-E-R-Y-B-A-R-N.com. Oh, this stupid mouse won't work. I don't know what your father has done to it. I think, oh no I don't have it. Hold on a minute."
Meanwhile, I have aged about 10years and Sabine, fortunately, was able to find the curtains at another store. The following is the end of the conversation with my mother.
Beth-"Mom, don't worry about it. We have it taken care of. I'll call you later."
My mother- " But I can do this just wait one more minute."
Beth- " Mom, I am hanging up. Thanks for your help. Bye."
She called back ten minutes later when she got the page up.
Anyway, we are expecting any day now the other three panels and then I think we can call the room finished. We will have the new room pictures up on our website in the coming weeks for you to see at http://www.abigailsinn.com/.
Here is how the conversation played out.
Beth -"Mom, could you get on the computer and look up Pottery Barn's web page and check their curtain section for the Silk Dupioni mini strip curtain?"
Mom's response- "Oh, sure let me get the computer started. Ok, ahh-what the heck is this page that came up? Kipp is going to have to fix my computer because this silly email page keeps coming up. Well, hold on just one minute let me type it in the address again P-O-T-T-E-R-Y-B-A-R-N.com. Oh, this stupid mouse won't work. I don't know what your father has done to it. I think, oh no I don't have it. Hold on a minute."
Meanwhile, I have aged about 10years and Sabine, fortunately, was able to find the curtains at another store. The following is the end of the conversation with my mother.
Beth-"Mom, don't worry about it. We have it taken care of. I'll call you later."
My mother- " But I can do this just wait one more minute."
Beth- " Mom, I am hanging up. Thanks for your help. Bye."
She called back ten minutes later when she got the page up.
Anyway, we are expecting any day now the other three panels and then I think we can call the room finished. We will have the new room pictures up on our website in the coming weeks for you to see at http://www.abigailsinn.com/.
