Bless the enablers

A few years ago, Ryan and I went to Ikea to buy some Billy bookcases for the basement.

While we were there, I saw a package of chair shaped wall hooks that were exactly traditional scale.

I picked them up, put them down and picked them up again. Ryan watched me do this and asked why I was hesitating.

"They are the perfect size," I told him. "But I already have so much stuff. Do I really need three more chairs?"

"Mom!" he said with more than a little bit of exasperation. "They're ten dollars! If you want them, just get them!"

So I did.

My current hobby project is on hold while I wait for more supplies to arrive.

I needed something fun and easy to make so I went through the prop making stockpile and decided there was just enough wood to make a desk.

Seth cut the pieces for me. He was worried they wouldn't be square enough, but I told him it was fine. This was going to be a cheap, dorm desk that had been demoted to the barn. Square wasn't strictly necessary.

There wasn't enough wood to make a chair, but that's okay. I already had one.

What would we do without our enablers? Thanks, Ryan. It turns out I really did need that chair!