AUCTION

I don't know if any of you have been to an auction - let me tell you, I found it to be a huge adrenalin rush! Thursday night Monica and I journeyed to a furniture auction that was nearby in search of the perfect dining room table for me and my family. And I'm happy to report, I found one AND won the bid within the first half hour. It was so exciting! I was shaking for awhile after and couldn't really concentrate on anything else. But then there was the question of getting it home. It's HUGE! (86" without the two leaves and weighs almost 250 lbs). You should have seen Monica and I measuring the table and the size of my van with the seats folded down trying to figure out if it would fit or not (and the men working there watching us girls). We realized I would have to leave it and borrow someone's truck to pick it up. So, Friday with Monica's company, my very generous sister's truck and my loving mother's help with the kids I got it back home (phew!). But then there was the question of how to get it IN the house (I'm telling you, it's HUGE). We ended up having to take the front door off the hinges to get it through. But it's done! YEAH! Now I just need to clean out our dining room of all my bazaar stuff, find some dining room chairs and sell our "original" dining room table so we can get back to family dinners around the table instead of the kids at the counter and Mick and I on the couch. Anyone up to a trip to the next auction in search of chairs??