3rd September 2021
The FedEx man struggled up the driveway with a package that did not look like the mattress we were expecting. Quite the opposite, it fitted on his dolly very easily, and the two foot by two foot box was not bed size.
However “Avocado” was clearly marked on the box, so something was in there.
I did try to move the box myself, but it was heavy. With a bit of lifting, dragging and bad language we got it in the house.
“How can there be a king size mattress in that box” I said, gasping for breath. Kelli was equally worried that maybe she had screwed something up.
We debated where we should unpack it, and decided to do it on top of the old bed.
With shear determination we got the box onto the bed and slid the contents out very slowly.
I cut through the outer cover carefully, suddenly it exploded like the Alien bursting out of John Hurts chest. We both looked in amazement as it became a king size mattress.
I hope we never have to try to squeeze it back into the box.
We sold the cut down dresser this morning but the small bookcase has resisted all who tried to buy it, this time we thought it was sold until the prospective buyer realised how far Holland was and ducked out.
The first of our commission pieces turned up this evening, a dresser to be painted and something done with the top which unfortunately was a laminate, I might try putting a veneer on it, another challenge.
Another Lifetime to go 