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April 23, 2006
A Woman's Work...
...is to attend bridal showers every spring.
The real focus of this weekend was Welcome Home Furniture, an event created to bring my long-lost furniture (loaned to Ms. Red during my Sweden sojourn) to my parents' house in preparation for Ms. Red's own move to Sweden (totally unrelated to my own Sverige experience). I will say this: having several guys to help with the moving process is ESSENTIAL. If it had been left to just the girls, we'd probably still be standing in the hallway, wondering how to fit the sofa into the elevator.
Saturday, I spend the afternoon at Ms. Wish to See's bridal shower, where I was surrounded by women and gifts and cake fondant. Aside from the drenching rain I had to run through to retrieve my car for the ride home, it was a delightful day--ending with a visit from Ms. Red, a viewing of the movie Crash (strange and unsettling, yet a little too over-the-top), and a rousing game of spades.
Today, I'm enjoying the benefits of a newly arranged furniture ensemble, thanks to Ms. Red's skills in bookcase assembly. I have a new desk (it used to be my dining room table, but has been temporarily reassigned) set up in the corner of my bedroom, with lots of room for Big Idea paperwork. A small cat is snuggled into the cat furniture thing (I still have no good name for it) next to the desk. The windows are open and my sneezing associated with the fresh breeze is undeterring.
All is right with the world.
Comments
If you want a "new" desk, you're welcome to take home a fantastic Ikea birch desk and matching bookcase that are yours for Welcome Home Furniture II.
Items that will not be returned include your fabulous garlic press and your desk chair which is currently assisting me in finishing my thesis.
Posted by: Elizabeth at April 23, 2006 05:31 PM
