Velda's Varieties

All of the fuss of getting new windows and insulation is beginning to wear on me. It wasn't so much the "mess" of installation, because there wasn't much mess, but just a bunch of decisions to be made and the moving of my "Stuff". I am not a person who moves the furniture around but I decided I would like to have the TV on the other side of the room. That forced the sofa to be moved to the opposite side of the room as well. After that, nothing was sacred-everything was on the move. I'm still not completely happy with the arrangement and wonder if I will ever get comfortable in my "nest". The carpenters were kind enough to volunteer to move the TV, the lead-in wire, a table, and the sofa. But how many times did they want to do that???


Someone suggested that if I left the TV in that corner that I need an entertainment center that just fit the corner. That was a good idea, so one day Jean and I set off to look for corner entertainment centers. I stated that I didn't want one that had to be put together and I didn't want one that was so high it would force the removal of a corner shelf. Driving to Boone and then later to Altoona, I finally located something priced right and just what I wanted. However, it had to be put together and was about two inches higher than I wanted, so the shelf would have to be removed. Rising to Jean's challenge: WE CAN DO THIS! I purchases the unit. I'm not good at putting things together, as Jean can tell you, I don't read instructions. But there is more than one way to skin a cat, I invited Jean and my daughter in law, Beth, for Sunday pot-roast dinner and a "put together party". Both Jean and Beth thought it great fun. They carefully read the directions, laid out the pieces, counted the brackets, nails and screws and assembled it. Every once in a while they let me hold or pick up a piece and hand it to them. I could also supply them with tack hammers, screw drivers, and containers to hold the little pieces. I kept looking around them to watch a football playoff game that was in progress and I would update them on the game. They didn't seem interested. They just talked about doors, hinges, brackets and nails. In just 2 or 3 hours the project was completed successfully, the TV placed in it and it looks great.

I have started mentioning a curio cabinet that I would like to have. That may take more that a pot roast dinner!