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"From Gameroom to Garage..."
"Let this be a lesson boys...
Whenever you should roam...
Let this be a lesson lads...
When you leave your toys alone..."
It amazed me.
How they did it.
So quickly, efficiently, and sneakily...
Yes..sneaky.
The plan started out weekend before last with the idea of us "cleaning and straightening out the garage...
True, it was a mess...and needed mucho work.
And Menards had shelving on sale.
"This is the perfect weekend to straighten up the garage!" said the lady.
So I nodded and sighed.
And we began to work on "the mess"...
and to think that the original idea behind the garage was to park your car in there...ahahahahaha! Look at the "stuff"...geez...
Stuff, stuff, and MORE stuff....time to get this mess straight...
SEVEN HOURS LATER....
We are soaked in sweat and dust, dirt, and grime. but the garage is "organized. The first of 8 feet of shelf is up and items are neatly stacked on it...including old games....
Well I will admit, it does look nicer and it's clean, and I can walk through it without tripping, and who knows? I might actually FIND what I am looking for!
Hmmmm....Shelves and my games on it...some of them...
Some of my olllllllllllllld games....The "Fortress America" game was only played twice...almost mint condition and over 20 years old...
So with that weekend behind us, and the next weekend ahed of me, I eagerly left the ladies, (my lady and my daughter), behind while I went off to enjoy a nice quiet weekend of CIVIL WAR REENACTING!!!!
And I died a lot...
On Sunday I piled myself and gear back into the truck and headed home.
Upon arrival, my lady, hugged me and said "I've got a wonderful surprise for you!"
And with those words, she took me out to the garage...
And showed me her handiwork... (scroll down)...
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AIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!Yes! Their evil plan was complete!
During my absence my lady with daughters limited help, had moved almost ALL of my gaming/work stuff from the room, into the garage...including...
My table...
and my paint drawers...
The bookshelf she moved to the living room, and cleared it of ALL gaming stuff, and replaced it with books and our decanter collection. The gaming stuff wne to the back bookshelves of my office, (out of sight from anyone that might see it)...
And then she said...
"The next project I want to do is to move this..."
The Bongolesian Flag!!!!She "made a space" for it on the garage wall!!!!!
Sadly enough, my game room/work room, has been turned into "my daughters room, and soon to be granddaughters room"...
So as with other minis gamers I've been exiled, relegated and cast out to the garage, to share my painting and work space with shelves of Christmas decorations, the water softener, garden tools and the rest of the general claptrap that people store in their garage...
My lady says that "I should have my game room back....soon..." but we know how how ambiguous that term is...
*sigh*
More to come....
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