Sunday 4 May 2008

24 HRS LATER - STILL ONGOING!






A team of joiners , or at least 2 blokes and we may be on track, but a woman and her 14 year old daughter, we are struggling!
Surrounded by mountains of empty boxes and packaging, we have had every emotion tested, excitement, joy, frustration, dissapointment, stress (unbelievable stress) , more frustration, sadness, to utter dispair. Boy oh boy..........hours later and still no finished product. The wood is so heavy, we have had problems lifting up and turning over the boxes. Also the intstructions tell you to make up the side boxes first and the picture shows them standing side by side ready to fit to the centre box when it is completed.......well they dont stand, as they only have castors on 3 corners , and being so big and heavy, if they fall will cause some damage, so they have to be left on the floor. ( my grandad, who was a funeral director will think i have gone into the business - it looks like my floor is covered in coffins!)
We decided late last night to leave them and try again this morning, with a fresh start. Im sure it will be lovely when finished, although at this moment in time I am ready to launch it through the window.
I am missing not being able to do my crafting and my stress levels are sitting very , very high. I apologise for not blogging and posting any new work, but as you can see............IM DEMENTED! Good job Im not a drinker! Although this cupboard is enough to turn me to drink! Wish me luck! I need all that you can send.

2 comments:

Chriss Rollins said...

Poor you Jaqi... congratulations on attempting to assemble it yourself...
I think i would be giving it the 'woman thing' and crying down the Phone to a couple of friends in the hope they will send round their men for a couple of hours...so go to the bathroom look at yourself in the mirror and practice crying.. once perfected... go for it... phone all your friends with partners and all the men you know.. the more hands the merrier... promise them lots of tea and biscuits... push the fact they are choccie ones.
They wont be able to resist the job in hand.
GOOD LUCK JAQI xx
chriss x

Jaqi said...

NO, DONT DO CRYING! I JUST KEEP SAYING.....PATIENCE , PATIENCE, JUST KEEP GOIN! JAQI X

This is brilliant , i love it !