I've been trying to write this post for awhile now....but for some reason I cannot upload the picture. I finally gave up - maybe someone can help me upload it later.
Dan and I love to shop at thrift stores. We especially like the Habitat for Humanity stores. You can go in there several times a week and they will always have something different. It is sort of like Goodwill, except more for the handyman. Lots of building supplies, some appliances, cabinetry, old doors, flooring, paint, and furniture. Oh yeah, and MORE. And the good thing is that if stuff doesn't sell in a week they drastically reduce the price...and continue to do so until it is sold. We've gotten lots of really good deals. Anyway, recently we went in to check it out. The first thing we saw when we walked in was two upright pianos. We went right over and saw immediately that one was in good shape and the other not so much. We noted the name of the one in better shape "Behning" and that it was an upright grand. We had never heard of such a thing so I started doing research on my phone. Technology comes in SO handy sometimes...and in other times so infuriating when you can't download a simple picture. I digress. We found out that this brand of piano was a good buy, and the upright grands were especially well made. We walked away and did our normal wandering through the store. I kept thinking about the piano....and awhile later Dan met me in the furniture section and we both sat...looked at each other and said "I can't quit thinking about that piano." We had always wanted to buy Sami an upright piano. She has a digital, but there is something about owning your own "real" piano....and it was a GRAND PIANO. We decided that if we could find people to help us bring it home we would buy it. Oh yeah, it was priced to sell - $150!
We put a "hold" notice on it and left. On the way home I started messaging everyone I knew that might be able to help. I had three of the four people we needed by the time we got home and a trailer to haul it with. Dan couldn't help at all because he was still recovering from his kidney stone blasting. By the time we got home we lost two of the three people due to a timing issue. I began messaging and call again...we finally rounded up 4 people and all were supposed to meet at the church to carpool up to the store on the westside. 2 of the people were late, and 1 couldn't stay long...Dan called me at home and asked me to start calling again. We ended up with enough people and finally the left for the store. We had rented a piano dolly...which they couldn't figure out how to make it work....and then brought it home. We got it in the house and into David's room with little trouble. We did have to take part of the door frame out. We did all of this without Sami knowing! We asked her and Robert to go out for awhile (and gave them $) supposedly so Dan and I could have some quiet. We got home from taking the trailer back with five minutes to spare! When they got home Dan asked Sami to put something away in David's room. She walked in and a minute later we heard "tink tink tink" of the piano keys and then "IS THIS MINE??" Then she screamed. It was a great ending to a great day.
