TLC

Turquoise Lawn Chair

 In an effort to add a whimsical touch to my new office space,

Marsha and I found this great TLC at Target...and for just $16!

So we carried it out to the car to load up...to load up...to LOAD up...

OOOOOPS!

After at least thirty minutes of attempting to get it into the car

through a multitude of entry points,(in 104 degree heat, I might add), 

something really miraculous occurred!

A nice couple walked past us, chuckling just a bit at our predicament, 

and in the heat of the moment, I blurted out, "Would you be able 
to help us here? You look like a smart man."

The wife commented that he was indeed a smart man--an engineer, in fact, 
and, as it turned out, a recently retired engineering professor from TTU 
out enjoying his early days of retirement, which apparently 
include Friday morning trips to Target with his wife.

Anyway, after a few seconds of assessing the situation, he managed 
to maneuver the chair quite handily into the backseat of the car. 

(I'm sure he used some mathematical equations, coupled with his 
brilliant spatial-relations skills to make it look so very easy.)

After thanking him profusely, (sorry, I didn't get a photo)
we got in the car...we got in the car...OOOOPS! 

We eventually got into the car, 
with Marsha folded neatly into the backseat,

and headed back to the office to try out the TLC.

After thirty minutes in the office parking lot attempting to remove 

the chair from the car, without the aid of an engineer,

(by now it was at least 106 degrees)

it was finally released from its wedging in the backseat,

and we were off again, making our way to the eleventh floor, 

whereupon it was revealed quite quickly that the TLC was just not 

"the look we were going for".

Who knew?

So we snapped these photos with TLC & MM

for old times' sake: