Saturday, March 21, 2009

Jack of all Trades, Master of Many.


I have been looking for a second chest for our bedroom for a while. I finally found one of the right size and finish online. Now mind you, nowhere in the website information did it say anything about needing any assembling, not even "needs partial assembly." The online photo showed a very nice, and not too expensive, chest that would match our bedroom furniture. When it arrived, the first clue I had that something was amiss was the shape of the box, which was long, skinny, and very flat. I knew I hadn't ordered a long, skinny, flat chest. When we unpacked the box, we realized that not even one screw had been put in place. Over the years, Joe has taken on a variety of tasks successfully, but this one looked really difficult and had at least 2500 pieces in the box (well maybe not that many, but it seemed so). It has taken Joe most of this week to finish it, a little each day, beginning the first day with putting the drawers together. From there it has slowly come together, but not without frustration and irritation. It is now complete, but we still haven't figured out how to get the bottom drawer to close completely. We decided, we would be the only ones to see it, so who cares? That man of mine, he can do anything he sets his mind to!!!

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