12 April 2014

Weekend, Part 2

Murphy's Law has a corollary which states that "everything takes longer than you think" and another which posits that "everything is more complicated than you thought". Truth.

The eye doctor visit only took an hour, which was good. While I was there, my wife re-hung the art and photos which had been in the stairwell. That looks very good.

Then we started on the new desk.

It was clear that the boxes were too heavy to carry upstairs, of course, so we brought the desk parts up a few pieces per trip.

The assembly of just the desk (not the hutch) took until nearly 17:00, so we stopped at that point, and ate dinner.

We're going to wait until tomorrow to do the hutch, but will be tackling the art in the bedroom & guest rooms tonight.

8 comments:

PioneerPreppy said...

I absolutely despise putting stuff like that together. I would almost rather build one myself than follow those directions...

Rev. Paul said...

I have to admit I wasn't looking forward to it either, but they've improved the instructions & process to the point that it's more time-consuming than anything else.

I'd still rather have been driving up in the mountains, but it needs to be done.

threecollie said...

I am feeling your pain...think I'll make the kids do all the carrying up and carrying down that will be involved in them moving here. lol Sounds like your results are going to be worth it though.

Rev. Paul said...

Getting someone else to do the carrying is an idea with merit, threecollie. :) And I agree: our place is looking good now.

Stephen said...

Hammer and nails, all I'm saying...

Rev. Paul said...

My favorite part of updates, yes indeed. :)

Cathy said...

The third corollary is "Thank goodness people don't remember the other two corollaries . . . or they'd never start a project again :)

Rev. Paul said...

That's very true, Cathy, much like childbirth. :)

Oh ... wait.