Na Naše Boty

We don't wear shoes inside our house now. At the door inside the garage we have a place for us to remove our street shoes and to change into our house shoes. If you are Czech, this habit is no great thing. Because the inside of a garage which does not face the street is a bit more private than a garage that faces the street, our original place for the shoes was simply a chair and a small bench on and under which we put our shoes. Then last Thursday morning, a neighbor's dog stole one of Thomas's good walking shoes, so Thomas agreed that it was time to buy a proper cabinet na naše boty. We were very lucky to find not only a little cabinet with doors for our street shoes, but a small thing with drawers for the house shoes, too. And three (3) bookcases for a great price at Goodwill. Goodwill is a non-governmental organization which helps people by offering them job training. The benefit for those of us lucky enough not to need this training is that we get to buy what Goodwill sells. Such a store is called a thrift store, and while most of the items sold there are used, many are still new, like the cabinets and bookcases we got this weekend. Think of it as a really well-organized yard sale, with these exceptions: the prices are higher, though still low, it is open 6 or 7 days a week, it is all indoors, and the profits go to benefit the needy. Ever wonder what happens to the stuff that Americans don't sell in their yard sales? Much of it ends up at Goodwill,the Salvation Army, or a similar place. So, we got all of this furniture which was unassembled and in boxes, and I have been very happily engaged in assembling the drawers and two of the bookcases. Honestly, if I could make a living at working with my hands, I think that I would choose it over other jobs I have had. At the end of the day, there would be tangible evidence of my labors.