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Carol Perkins: The new rug Previous Column: Then There Were Two By Carol Perkins The new welcome mat was a woven cream and tan braided weatherproof plastic. Guy commented on how pretty it was, so rather than putting it outside where I had intended for it to go, I laid it in front of the stove (range) and admired how it fit the room. Seconds after setting it down, I decided to make a cup of coffee. I stood on one side of the mat--it didn't say "Welcome"--while the Kerg stood on the other. You know what's coming. I turned, stepped on the mat, and sailed through the air like a kite. It slid to my right while I went down on my left. I banged my head on the wooden cabinet. I think it bounced. At first, Guy thought I had fainted and then slipped. The cracking sound from the head hitting the wood cabinet led Guy to either call the ambulance or try to get me up. While I rubbed the back of my head, Guy announced the rug had to go, "because we didn't need something like that around." "You Think?" was my response. Getting up presented a problem. I tried to hold Guy's hands and pull myself up, but all that did was bruise my knuckles. Plus, I landed on both knees before I flipped or twisted, and they were useless. Guy placed a padded chair in front of me; I put both elbows in the seat and eased myself up, inch by inch. My knee was bleeding, bruises were coming on both legs, and my head hurt. I ignored Guy's suggestion that I go to the ER for a head scan. Guy was on a mission to remove the throw rugs. "You're gonna break a hip or kill yourself," he insisted. I don't know why I have them. I didn't grow up with "scatter rugs," as we called them. I guess Martha Stewart uses them. Share your thoughts with Carol at carolperkins06@gmail.com, or with CM readers using our Comment Form. This story was posted on 2025-06-07 09:13:48
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