Can it be FRIDAY already? This HOT MONTH is clipping right along. My days have been so full of activity that I am amazed that the month is just about over. HOT IT IS.
Last night we did our good deed for the day by taking a mountain of bagged bubble wrap to a Christian thrift shop. Hubby had asked the week before if they would like some and it was a yes. SOooooo, we drove in the heat to Topeka to deliver the goods. Of course I wanted to look around and see what was there. My dear sweet Husband came walking toward me holding a price tag and said there were some dining room chairs to look at.
AT FIRST I turned my nose up at the old chairs. My guess was that they were from the 1920s. That would make them in the neighborhood of close to 100 years old. We sat on them and they were solid walnut. The padded seats can be reupholstered to a nicer fabric after the chairs are polished up. There were 6 of them which would give us a complete set. We only had two matching chairs for our dining. After our table came back to us after being refinished, the table is gorgeous. We had no chairs for the dining room table. Long story short, we had been using our daughter's dining room set. The dining room set had emotional attachments to it so it went far, far away.
We were making due as is. These 6 matching chairs will work fine for now. I stood there in the THRIFT SHOP and changed my mind about the chairs working. We'd have chairs! REAL CHAIRS. My snotty attitude took a nose dive and I changed my mind.
SOMETIMES I am not appreciative of things I should be. Slow to learn. Please FORGIVE ME.
For $60 we purchased 6 antique chairs that will clean up so nice they will be a pleasure to use. We loaded two of the chairs into the back seat of my car. Our evening plans changed and that's fine. Really have to be flexible. We drove back HOME in the heat across the FLINT HILLS, switched cars leaving the two chairs in the auto. Drove my Husband's car back to the THRIFT SHOP and loaded two chairs in the trunk and two in the backseat. We just made it back before they closed. 1 minute to spare as we drove away with our chairs. 1 minute. That was enough.
I'm not sure how many times we have loaded TREASURES into our cars to enlarge our estate. Wished I had kept a diary.
TODAY, I returned to Topekaland to finish some shopping that didn't happen the night before because of hauling our TREASURES HOME. It was so HOT outside, but stayed cool in an air conditioned car. Went straight to SAMs, bought some storage boxes. My trunk is still full of fire recovery items so I had to cram the boxes inside the car. What a sight to behold. An old woman struggling to get these storage boxes into the car with sweat dripping into her eyes and her thyroid hair bangs blowing into her face to where she could not see.
Managed though. Was relieved to be sitting behind the car wheel with the air conditioner blowing into my face. Drove to my daughter's and dropped off some curtains and boxes. She made me lunch! |
| Many Moons Ago |
Afterwards went to the COTTAGE, did some laundry, washed some dishes, carried and shuffled some more packed boxes closer to the front door making preparations for another big move. When I sat and stared at the boxes, I sighed because there is still so much more to do. I am physically tired and needed a nap. I stretched out onto the floor beside an air vent so the cold air could blow on my face. NAPPED.
Woke refreshed. Stretched, did more laundry, shuffled some more boxes and called it quits. Time to go HOME to the house across the county line. Ate supper, rested, unpacked a couple of boxes and decided to BLOG. Hello!
Our furniture will not be delivered this week-end as there was a delay. Okay with that as I am not ready for the delivery. I have about 2 dozen more boxes in the Living room to go through before space is opened up. The Dining room is about ready for the china cabinet, corner cabinet and Dumb Waiter table that they will return to us. The Kitchen is still a sight as we have not had the time to tidy it yet. That will happen soon. Just don't know when soon.
The plastic storage boxes I bought today will be filled with dishes that will go downstairs on some racks. I'm telling' ya this has been the hardest relocation I have ever done. I'm older now, slower now, but we have so much more than ever before even with the house fire destroying and damaging so much. The boxes that I have to go through are filled with bubble wrapped everything. The bubble wrap is bubbled wrapped. HAH.
NOT complaining. Just telling it like it is. This week-end we have HOPES of shuffling some pieces of furniture, getting the lawn mowed and some flowers planted. The outdoor work has to be done in the early morning hours before the temps get into the 90s. When Husband is ready to cool off and rest then we can shuffle some furniture. I will continue going through boxes and work on paperwork.
Tis FRIDAY for real. Just about cannot believe it. We will have a nice week-end and make great progress. Life On The Prairie is busy. I am striving to get settled and take a deeper breath than normal.
Wait until I can go ahhhhhhh,
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