Not Quite What I Meant

What's Missing From This Picture?

If you said, "A dining table", you'd be correct!

When I wrote, "Clear the small dining table" on my to do list, last night, this is not quite what I meant to do:

The Now Discarded Dining Table

This morning, I cleared off all the items that were on the small dining table in the family room.  I had been doing some paperwork there and I had a box of files to be put away in the new filing cabinet that I had got from neighbor T and a box of miscellaneous bits and pieces to be put way.  I put the files away, put the basket of current papers to be read (insurance and local elections related brochures and the current bills) away on the small shelf unit, and put away the bits and pieces that were in the box.  Then, I wiped down the top of the table.

One of the table legs was very loose and I thought I might be able to tighten it.  So, I turned the table over, up side down and, the table leg broke off!  The side strips holding the table legs in place were not solid wood; they were pressed board or whatever they are called.  The table had lasted me for over 25 years, so, I guess it was time for it to go!   The second leg broke while I was trying to move it outside.  

The Poor Table

I will ask M to help me break it up, although I'm wondering if I can use those legs or the table top for something!  Maybe I can build a new frame with some proper wood and attach the legs to it to support the table top! 

I guess I will be looking for another small dining table. I don't have to have one - there's the big dining table in the more formal dining area, but, there is a ceiling light fixture hanging down where the table used to be in the family room and it seems weird to not have a table there!

In the meantime, I moved the old tea trolley/cart that I kept in the corner of the family room (had been using it as a side table for one of the sofas and storing my canning jars on the shelf underneath, which is actually a removable tray) and put it under the light fixture to act as a temporary table!  With the two drop leaves raised, there's room for three chairs:

New Temporary Table

This tea trolley/cart is something I bought back in the early 1980s from a little second hand furniture store.  I paid $42 for it, which my mother thought was too much.  It was already a bit damaged with a corner chewed off by a mouse or something, but, I loved the inlaid design.  

So, when neighbor S called to let me know that one of her friends had visited and brought her some pastries and S was bringing some over for me, I quicky put a table cover on my new "table", placed the 4th chair on the side with the handle, and placed the plates of goodies that S brought me on the table:

Table Set with Treats

I told neighbor S that many of my blog readers wish they could have a neighbor like her and she laughed.

Treats Both Healthy and Not So Healthy!

S brought me a plate of healthy watermelon and a plate of pastries and desserts.  Yum!  The dessert that looks a bit like a crustless cheesecake is actually sour cream set with gelatin and topped with cherry pie filling, the sour cream part of it is not very sweet.

I had planned to bake something, today, but, I think I will wait another couple of days before I bake anything!  LOL.

Today, I am grateful for:

- Sunshine in the afternoon
- One less horizontal surface to keep clear!

- Neighbor S bringing me more goodies!

- My old tea trolley/cart
- Managing to get the old table out by myself

Today's joyful activity was eating pastries!  LOL!