The Rural Voice, 2003-09, Page 58Home Decorating
It's a moving storg to remember
Patti
Robertson
operates
Classic
Interiors in
Wingham.
By Patti Robertson
"Oh my God ... George! The
famous line was spoken by Sandy
Dennis to Jack Lemmon in the original
movie The Out of Towners. As the
couple stumbles from one unbelievable
crisis to the next, this line is used with
astonishment and consternation. Over
the years I too have used this line and
Ward and I both chuckle at movie
memories, but little did I know how
real this line would become until we
moved our youngest daughter and her
beau to their new Toronto high-rise
condo.
It was to be a smooth move. Ward
and I were to get all her inherited,
stored pieces of furnishings to Toronto,
help beau Steve move the remaining
two heavy pieces of furniture in their
apartment, and while all was being
settled at the new place I was to clean
the old emptied apartment ready for the
new tenants moving in the following
day. As a good mommy I also
volunteered to bring dinner.
As there were only several pieces of
stored furniture to move to Toronto we
reserved a 14 -foot LT -Haul truck.
Arriving the night before to pick up
said vehicle we are informed that the
I4 -foot rental would be substituted for
a 26 foot. Well, you should have seen
how little space the furniture took up in
this monster cavity! But, at least we
had a truck.
Our arrival time was to be 1:00 p.m.
Even with a couple of pick-ups along
the way, Toronto traffic and all, we
arrived right on time at the soon -to -be -
vacated rental which is on the third
floor of a beautiful old home, boasting
winding 22 -inch wide stairways, sharp
turns, a fire escape that is partly
constructed of rusting shaky steel and
rotting plywood and is anything but
straight, and oh yes! these treads are
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only 15 inches wide. All very quaint.
Still no problem, all should be moved
except the two heavy pieces by the time
we arrive.
On the verandah of said abode we
meet our oldest daughter, Heidi,
coming down with some odds and ends
and she greeted us with a roll of her
eyes ... no smile? I chose to ignore this,
because if you have daughters, you'll
know how sisters can be and I chose
not to get involved at such an early
point in our excursion. I should have
asked.
We wove our way up the stairs and
through the door and ... "Oh My God
George"! You could not tell what had
been moved. The packed apartment still
sported its full complement of furnish-
ings, the computer was still fully
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