Chuckles Loses The Plot

You seriously couldn't make it up. What a bloody day we've had!!! Remind me NEVER to have ideas about changing furniture ever again!!!

It started ok with the weather holding and the guys arrived to deliver the unit at just after 10am which we were pleased about. They said that our old unit was too big to sell in their shop so they didn't take it. That concerned me because until we get rid of it, there is nowhere to put the new one and no chance to get all the ornaments back into it, leaving the stuff scattered all over the house. And if this charity shop wouldn't take it because of the size, would any other shop want it? Grr! But of course we couldn't get rid of the big unit until we had a suitable replacement so it's tough either way!

Now the unit we bought was a wood and glass corner unit with four glass shelves inside and a glass and wood door. The Idiot Brothers decided they were going to lift it in from their van without removing the glass shelves, which set my nerves on edge. After hitting the unit off the door numerous times to get it into our hall, one of the shelves fell out of the unit when the door swung open-and smashed into pieces. My dad was going to accept that and get a new piece of glass for it but I put my foot down and told them to take it away again. It's a thick shaped glass shelf and it would need to be specially made by a glass expert. We had already paid £100 for the unit and this kind of glass job could be over £50 to replace so I wasn't having it. There is also the chance we might need to travel to get to a glass expert or we might not get a shelf that matches the other three shelves or it might not fit and need re-adjusting etc. That is too much hassle and money! One of the guys was kind of unhappy about taking it away but it was his fault for deciding not to remove the shelves! We have the receipt so we'll get a refund. 

We have decided that this is a sign and have decided to keep my mum's unit. I'm happy enough with that as I was reluctant to part with it when it came down to it. But I could have cried at the thought of moving all the stuff back into the unit. There are two cabinets on the bottom level each with two shelves, and three drawers. There are two display units each with three shelves, a pull down storage area with three shelves and a two shelf area above that. Plus the stuff that was sitting on top of it. It took two days to empty it out into bags and boxes which were all over the kitchen, blocking access to the fridge, oven and sink. Chuckles has had the delight of getting everything unpacked and back into place in five hours. I've just completed that and my back, knees and hips are singing out a pain chorus!

In the middle of this chaos my dad went down to the shop to tell them about refusing delivery. The woman wasn't impressed about what the delivery guys did and there was no issue with getting the refund. While he was out, the snow hit and the howling wind had it spreading everywhere so I was out salting the path and driveway in the blizzard to protect my dad and the postman who was due!  Man it was cold! Next up we got the thunder and lighting though thankfully my dad was back in by then. 

Ugh what a bloody day!