Comments on: A Picture’s Worth . . . http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/09/23/a-pictures-worth/ Ten Authors. Five Genres. One Blog. Because the only thing scarier than a loaded gun pointed at your head....is writing about it. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:03:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: deborah http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/09/23/a-pictures-worth/#comment-235245 deborah Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:36:35 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3051#comment-235245 Patricia, it sounds like the library got a terrific two for one deal when they brought you on board. :) Patricia, it sounds like the library got a terrific two for one deal when they brought you on board. :)

]]> By: deborah http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/09/23/a-pictures-worth/#comment-235244 deborah Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:35:03 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3051#comment-235244 Thanks, Jill! I envy that those pictures make sense to you. At least now, though, the next time I have a major building project, I know who to call. :) Thanks, Jill! I envy that those pictures make sense to you. At least now, though, the next time I have a major building project, I know who to call. :)

]]> By: deborah http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/09/23/a-pictures-worth/#comment-235243 deborah Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:32:28 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3051#comment-235243 Grrr, Linda, I feel for you! It's bad enough having to make sense of all the pieces, but to find out you're missing some of the pieces or have the wrong ones--makes ya wanna chew wood and spit nails! Grrr, Linda, I feel for you! It’s bad enough having to make sense of all the pieces, but to find out you’re missing some of the pieces or have the wrong ones–makes ya wanna chew wood and spit nails!

]]> By: deborah http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/09/23/a-pictures-worth/#comment-235242 deborah Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:30:00 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3051#comment-235242 LOL, SJ. Thank heaven I had a cordless power doohikey. You know, the kind with the gazillion interchangeable screwdriver and drill bits? Without that thing, my right hand, wrist, and arm would have been in traction for a month! LOL, SJ. Thank heaven I had a cordless power doohikey. You know, the kind with the gazillion interchangeable screwdriver and drill bits? Without that thing, my right hand, wrist, and arm would have been in traction for a month!

]]> By: deborah http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/09/23/a-pictures-worth/#comment-235241 deborah Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:25:12 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3051#comment-235241 You're probably right, Peri. However, attaching that squiggly thing would mean doing a major disassemble, according to the picture book, and that just ain't gonna happen. lol You’re probably right, Peri. However, attaching that squiggly thing would mean doing a major disassemble, according to the picture book, and that just ain’t gonna happen. lol

]]> By: Patricia Barraclough http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/09/23/a-pictures-worth/#comment-235230 Patricia Barraclough Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:41:27 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3051#comment-235230 I'm the one they come to at the library to put things together. I have the patience to put everything out and read the directions. They also know if I get too stuck, my husband will come over and help. He has built about half the bookshelves in our library and is pretty handy. As for assembling furniture at home. We either buy antiques or my DH makes it. I’m the one they come to at the library to put things together. I have the patience to put everything out and read the directions. They also know if I get too stuck, my husband will come over and help. He has built about half the bookshelves in our library and is pretty handy. As for assembling furniture at home. We either buy antiques or my DH makes it.

]]> By: Jill James http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/09/23/a-pictures-worth/#comment-235227 Jill James Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:40:31 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3051#comment-235227 In our house the husband is the builder and I'm the instruction reader. Yes, I can make sense of those funny pictures. I was going to be an architect and I love reading schematics. The hubbby.....not so much. Hence, I'm the instruction reader. Kudos on putting it together all by yourself. It looks lovely. In our house the husband is the builder and I’m the instruction reader. Yes, I can make sense of those funny pictures. I was going to be an architect and I love reading schematics. The hubbby…..not so much. Hence, I’m the instruction reader.

Kudos on putting it together all by yourself. It looks lovely.

]]> By: Linda Henderson http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/09/23/a-pictures-worth/#comment-235226 Linda Henderson Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:13:47 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3051#comment-235226 Last year I bought a pantry cabinet for my kitchen. We took the stupid thing out of the box and laid out all the matching pieces. Then we attempt to put it together. Well, whatever jackass packed the stupid thing put two right sides in the box. Well we hadn't exactly been gentle when opening the box so we had to tape it back together so my daughter could lug it back out to Target to exchange it. Thank goodness the second one had all the right pieces. Last year I bought a pantry cabinet for my kitchen. We took the stupid thing out of the box and laid out all the matching pieces. Then we attempt to put it together. Well, whatever jackass packed the stupid thing put two right sides in the box. Well we hadn’t exactly been gentle when opening the box so we had to tape it back together so my daughter could lug it back out to Target to exchange it. Thank goodness the second one had all the right pieces.

]]> By: Silver James http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/09/23/a-pictures-worth/#comment-235223 Silver James Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:35:38 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3051#comment-235223 You are a far, far better woman than I, Gunga Din! More power to you! Me? I'll pay to have it put together! I'm lazy and Lawyer Guy is construction challenged. We put the rescue squad and ambulance on stand-by whenever he picks up a power tool. You are a far, far better woman than I, Gunga Din! More power to you! Me? I’ll pay to have it put together! I’m lazy and Lawyer Guy is construction challenged. We put the rescue squad and ambulance on stand-by whenever he picks up a power tool.

]]> By: Peri http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/09/23/a-pictures-worth/#comment-235222 Peri Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:39:41 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3051#comment-235222 If you have a squiggly thing-a-ma-jig left over from the bookcase, it might be a wall bracket. One end gets screwed to the wall and the other to the bookcase. If it's not that, well...then I don't know. Like Karen, I love assembling furniture. I love watching it all come together and the sense of satisfaction that "I did it." Next time I move, I'll be needing new furniture and will like go with do-it-yourself stuff for most of my pieces. Enjoy your new place! If you have a squiggly thing-a-ma-jig left over from the bookcase, it might be a wall bracket. One end gets screwed to the wall and the other to the bookcase. If it’s not that, well…then I don’t know.

Like Karen, I love assembling furniture. I love watching it all come together and the sense of satisfaction that “I did it.” Next time I move, I’ll be needing new furniture and will like go with do-it-yourself stuff for most of my pieces.

Enjoy your new place!

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