Some Days are Unbelievable, Even Here in Troy!

Now I know when I regale some of these stories of our family here in Troy, most of you are probably scratching your heads and saying, "now really, there's too many of these tales to be real", but I swear, the stories are real!

 As I mentioned in an earlier blog, the Troy 9's fridge and stove both died at the same time.  Now, when there's nine of you and always a houseful of friends and family, not having a fridge and stove is a pretty big thing.  There are always fresh baked cookies and plenty of fresh fruit to snack on in the fridge.  Anyway, I digress.  Yesterday the new stove was to arrive.  Ray and I picked up Josie and dropped by Corey & Jon's to pick up some movies Josie wanted to watch.  It was rainy and cold out yesterday, as it is today.  Anywhoo, the contractor was arriving as we were leaving and asked if we would put Biscuit in the basement while his guys were trying to get the fridge out. Biscuit (the Troy 9's dog) doesn't particularly care for people he doesn't know.  He's very protective to say the least but he is the sweetest dog ever. So, we took Josie to our house for movies and games and Corey went home later to meet the guys delivering the new stove.  Now here's where the fun begins!

The Stove Delivery

This is a LARGE six burner stove with a griddle in the middle. Hey, that rhymes. The stove probably weighs in excess of 700 lbs. The delivery guys are coming through the entry and the stove shifts and slides of the dolly and falls about twelve inches to the floor...a new wood floor!  Not only does it fall twelve inches to a new wood floor but it lands on the feet of both delivery guys!  I am not kidding! They managed to lift the stove and get it off of their feet.  Corey, who is expecting nothing but a simple stove delivery and then to go back to work, (Why I don't know.  It's not like that is normal around here!) is there alone and is trying to get towels, ice and get these men off their feet.  Now when was the last time any of us took off a delivery man's shoes and packed their feet with ice?  Don't answer that!  As she looks at their feet she realizes their feet are broken.  Here she is, by herself, two deliverymen with broken feet, a 700 pound stove sitting in the middle of the entry and she's trying to convince these two guys that she needs to call an ambulance and that the need to go to the hospital.  They're arguing they'll be fine and that they need to get the stove into the kitchen.  In the midst of this conversation with the contractors Jon calls to check in.  She's now trying to explain to Jon that "this really isn't a good time for a conversation".  She continues to try and explain to them that their feet are broken and the stove can wait, they're not hearing.  They proceed to get up with her telling them they shouldn't, they put their shoes on, WALK back to the stove, reload the stove and continue with it from the entry, through the family room and into the kitchen.  In the midst of all this Jon, wondering what the heck is going on, comes home in the midst of the final stage of the move and is trying to find out what's going on. Corey is trying to tell Jon what's happened while still trying to convince the deliverymen the stove can wait!  They disagree and continue. With the stove in finally in place she and Jon (who now has somewhat of an idea of what's happened)  finally convince the deliverymen they need to go to the hospital where it is confirmed via x-rays that yes indeed, their feet are broken!  Now there are two dedicated deliverymen!  We still haven't figured out how they managed to get their shoes back on and the stove into the kitchen with broken feet, but they did.  Adrenalin?


For now, the stove remains in the middle of the kitchen until Corey and Jon can schedule their contractor to install it.  And yet another project has been added to the list; repair the floor from the impact of a 700 pound stove hitting a wood floor from 12 inches up. The fridge is in. No worries, company doesn't arrive until Saturday and the birthday party isn't until Sunday!  Who needs a kitchen!