Day 436 You bought a what?

17th October 2018

The first cup of coffee went down well, propelling me out in the garage to tackle the ever growing backlog. I carried on making legs for the radio cabinet, I figured that would give me the inspiration I need to turn it into something desirable. I had some old oak legs that came from an old coffee table that I started modifying. As the saw cut its way through there was the sound and feel of something metal buried deep in the timber. This is the problem I face often using reclaimed wood. To locate the offending obstacle I had to cut around the area the metal item was, and chip it away with a chisel. There it was a bloody screw that had sheared off at sometimes in the table’s life. This was repeated on all the other legs, but I was able to make up a leg structure to give the radio cabinet some height.

Whilst I was working on these, Kelli and Greer had to go to the bank. ” I won’t be long” were Kelli’s words as she pulled out on to the road. I carried on working on the legs lost in thought and frustration with the hidden screws.

A couple of hours went by, I went into the kitchen for a break, and realised how long the girls had been away. I thought it was a local bank they went too, not one in another state, but I had a lot of things to do anyway. Eventually they pulled up in the driveway. Out they came with some bags of provisions, and proceeded to start working on preparing food. I sat in the kitchen for a while longer and Kelli went back to the truck, still not suspicious of anything, I carried on minding my own business when Kelli staggered back in with a red two door cabinet. Then things fell into place, she had been on a mission. “Have you been to Goodwill again” smiling as I said it, “No” was the reply. Kelli had found the piece on Marketplace the evening before, and picked it up, hence the time away. ” That looks good, we should get a good price for it” I said enthusiastically. I should have known Kelli had a different agenda, she was gripping it so hard, it would have been impossible to prize he fingers off. “I want to keep it” she said sheepishly “You say that about everything we work on, where will you put it?” If eye rolls were noisy then it would be deafening. So very quickly an old table was replaced with the new addition.

As it to pacify me she placed a bowl of hot soup and a piece of Italian bread under my nose, I immediately forgot the last few minutes, and enjoy the meal. Kelli knows the way to distracting her man, it is to put food under his nose.

The wine cabinet was finally posted on Marketplace, now we wait for someone in Holland (who has a real drinking problem) to beat a trail to our door. I doubt if we will get any interest from anyone in Zeeland.