The Table Story

Let me tell you a story...

Once upon a time in a quaint little house in a quaint little town lived a Mommy. This Mommy saw a beautiful table one day before Christmas in a great big store. She decided that she would really like to have that table, so she saved and saved and saved and saved. Even her Christmas bonus was saved for that beautiful big table. After Christmas when the presents were all opened and the tree was put away and the days were were more quiet she decided to buy that table. To her surprise, though, when she went to the Big Store the beautiful table was gone! Mommy was very disappointed but she decided to just keep saving and when the time was right she would be able to give her old table away and then she could purchase a new one.

Well...A couple months later on an uncharacteristically warm February day Mommy's sister came and took her old table away. She had a new apartment and needed some furniture, you see. Mommy started looking again for just the right table for her precious little family.

One evening Mommy's mom (Nana) called and said she thought she saw the table Mommy wanted at the Big Store. The following day Mommy, Nana and Ryan went to the Big Store to look at the table. It was *the* table! The one Mommy had been wanting all along. The Big store only had one in stock and after waiting around and even eating lunch at the Big Store Mommy found out that the only one left was a returned damaged table. Oh No!

They decided go to another Big Store across town because that store had 3 in stock. They went and quickly purchased the big, beautiful table and had the store hold it until later in the day when Nana and Donnie could return to pick it up with a pick-up truck. They also bought a box of diapers...you know...just in case. Upon leaving the store Mommy thought about how beautiful the day was and wished that they could go to the zoo for the rest of the afternoon.

They went home and dropped off Nana so she could get Donnie and go back to the Big Store and pick up the table. Meanwhile...a horrible storm unexpectedly popped up and while Nana and Donnie were on their way to the City they noticed it and decided to take shelter in the nearest Target. A tornado came out of that storm and the first place it hit was...you guessed it...the Target. Nana and Donnie watched as the ceiling disappeared!

Fast Forward a couple of hours and Nana and Donnie returned with Mommy's new table. Mommy felt HORRIBLE! She couldn't believe her own mom and Donnie were in a tornado...all in an effort to bring home a table. Ugh. Nevertheless, Nana and Donnie found it to be an exciting adventure and were excited about it all. Now Mommy has a new table for her family and Nana and Donnie have a story to tell all their grandchildren. ...And they all lived happily ever after.

Shopping at the Big Store (aka Sam's)

Resting. Shopping takes so much energy.

Please note Item #6.
Start time 5:54 p.m.

Time: 7:51 p.m.

Four hours later. One break for Ryan's bath. One ice cream break. Table is finished. 5 chairs complete. One chair needed some minor alterations.

Wade and I stepped outside for a minute. When we returned we noticed we had a new centerpiece for our new table. Isn't it cute!