Southern Belle found a bedroom set in an itty-bitty town 45 miles from Eaton Rapids. She negotiated with the lady selling the furniture to pick it up Wednesday. She asked for my help.
The owner of the furniture and her twin sister had purchased the duplex ten years ago and her sister died last November. That left the seller with four (yes, four) bedrooms full of furniture since both sisters had their own room plus a guest room.
It was an old house with low doors and scroll work in the corners. She had shelves filled with antique glass bottles. And of course the bed was a king. So, Wednesday night Southern Belle, Handsome Hombre, Quicksilver and I lugged the furniture out of the surviving twin's guest bedroom and thence through her quaint-and-quirky house. The task was fraught with many twists-and-turns to snake the loads out of the house. Another issue was having to lower the loads so we didn't bang into the lintels of the doors nor bump any shelves chock-full of glass bottles.
It was dark when we got back to Eaton Rapids and there was no chance of rain that night nor the next morning. I went home and left the young people to entertain themselves.
Looking out the window in early afternoon, yesterday, I noticed the tree branches getting blown around pretty good. I popped open a weather site on the internet and it predicted a 100% chance of rain at 7:00.
I called Southern Belle and asked if they had moved the furniture inside.
She responded "Nope. Handsome is at work. Why?"
I mentioned the possibility of rain at seven and wondered when Handsome would be home from work.
One thing led to another and I ended up helping Southern Belle get the mattress and dressers and cabinet inside. We didn't get them up to the second floor but we got them under cover.
The rain hit at 4:00 and it was a gully-washer.
Today feels like it will be a four-ibuprofen day.
Let's hope someone learned a lesson in paying attention to weather forecasts for the day eh ERJ?
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