Pong Time!
We moved into our current home a little over a year ago. It has been my experience that the ‘stuff’ that doesn’t find a place in a new home within the first month or two will most likely languish in the obscurity of a basement for a long time; with a high probability of being tossed into the trash versus getting promoted to living quarters once ‘rediscovered’.
In our case, one of the items languishing in our cellar was a folded up ping pong table. The only option for setting it upright in our new home is the unfinished basement; but a significant portion of the necessary square footage was, until very recently, completely obscured by random crap.
Shortly after our move, I counted no fewer than 12 tool boxes lined up against the basement wall with even more tools and man-toys hibernating in its various nooks and crannies. We also own an extensive collection of lighting equipment. Dan is a light junkie – constantly tinkering with different kinds of bulbs, dimmer switches and fixtures in his on-going mission to improve the lighting in our home. This requires an extensive inventory to be at the ready for any possible lighting-related emergency.
We also have the normal ‘stuff’ that one stores in a basement: Christmas decorations, extra blankets, photos and memorabilia, cables that don’t fit anything, crutches, bowling balls, 30 year old crochet needles, and so on. Last week, Dan finally got tired of my griping and spent several days re-organizing the basement and set up the table!
We are looking forward to playing – just as soon as we can find the damn paddles.