Friday Frowns

Sometimes just living life is a challenge.  Approaching holidays or none, things going well or not, it can turn on a dime.

I know that you can't change some things -- the only thing you can change is your reaction to those things.  Who knew I was so philosophical?  LOL!

A couple of months ago we had to get a new TV.  We got a larger one than we had previously.  It didn't fit on the old stand.  In moving the old stand, Mr. Cranky Pants broke the doors off because he just HAD to do it before there was anyone here to assist.  <sigh>

He took my coffee table and used it to hold the TV.  Because, you know, we couldn't have the TV sitting on the floor, and nothing else was wide enough.

Not mine but the right color.

I've been looking for a coffee table and haven't been able to find one that went with the other tables n the room.  NOT that it matters, because the bookcases don't match the end tables, and then there's the victrola cabinet that doesn't match anything, but the end tables DO resemble the fireplace mantle.  So I would like just a LITTLE continuity.  

I have a bookcase like this.

Last week I saw a TV cabinet that resembled but did not match the end tables and fireplace.  I almost bought it, but didn't.  It was too big for my car and the 2nd hand store it was in doesn't deliver.  😒

Meanwhile after a discussion about why the ones on Amazon won't work, I guilted Mr. Cranky into going back to the shop where I saw the table.  Turns out it won't fit in his truck either!  It's just a small SUV, not intended for furniture deliveries.  😞

If you buy it you can pick it up later but it must be within 24 hours.  Neither of my kids replied to my texts so we left the shop.  We stopped at two other shops, but there were no good alternatives.

While having a late lunch we texted the kids again and Son is busy tomorrow but Son-In-Law replied that he will check the schedule and get back to us after discussion with Daughter.  Things are looking up!

Now once they arrange a trip with the pickup truck, we have to hope that they haven't sold the item in question before the boys can get there.  Fingers crossed!  They're open tomorrow at 10 a.m. so I hope they can get there early enough to beat any other shoppers.

It's success tomorrow or it's back to the drawing board, and continuing to keep my feet on the wicker trunk while I'm knitting...

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