12th December 2020
We had a customer due at 11.00am this morning to collect an ottoman that Kelli had posted last night.
She had found it at Goodwill, but it didn’t have any legs. We had driven to Grand Rapids to collect some that were on Marketplace, so a coat of paint later they were fitted, and looked good.
I had to cut them down a bit so they were a better height, but that’s about all we did to it.
Kelli had looked on line and found an identical one had been sold for four hundred dollars. There was no way we could get that sort of money from the tight wads around Holland, so we put it on for one fifty.
There was a bit of interest, but no firm offers except for one who offered a hundred.
I said we should counter offer but Kelli decided to take the offer as the investment in the piece was small.
When the customer arrived she was a little old lady who looked at it cautiously, asking a number of questions. I was looking around for a lump of wood to possibly hit her with because her attitude was begging to annoy me. As the scrutiny continued I was hoping that she would pass, because the thought of letting her have it for fifty off offended me.
Unfortunately she decided to take it even though she didn’t like the leg colour.
“Get over it, you old witch” my mind was screaming.
Then the rest of the day was stripping and staining.
Kelli was painting another dresser carcass giving us another two to start the week with.
It was a gloomy day with rain falling, the dogs don’t like going out in it, and likewise I don’t like it when they come back inside as I have to wipe their paws to stop mud getting on the wood floor.
Another Lifetime to go 