1. Dinner with Richard and Leslie revealed that washing machine drums can be deadly. I didn't mention the fireworks that ensued when we first lit the washing machine fire pit in the Bahamas because we all thought it must have been something in the wood but when my brother told his tale of the same thing happening here in Ontario I thought I should issue a public service bulletin and tell everyone to beware of the black powdery stuff that can spew forth like fireworks from one of these things. We were luckier than Richard and Leslie - we weren't trying to have dinner around it - they were and needless to say their food was covered in a lovely film of black toxicity.
2. Would you believe someone from my 6 Grade class (Northdale Public School, Waterloo) managed to get almost 20 of us together for lunch a few weeks ago - including one of the teachers - Mr. MacMillan. I discovered that stating what's on my mind, sometimes less than tactfully has been part of my charm for a long time.
3. It's just like dumpster diving - getting free stuff is great. A few trailers up the row someone was building a new shed and left the old one on the curb with a "free" sign on it. Was 2' bigger and in better shape than mine so of course we snapped that baby up in a hurry. Gerry and I must have been a funny sight, inside the shed, walking it down the road. Would you believe they also had a perfectly good deck they wanted gone! The photo shows where some strong guys dropped it and the other one shows where my good friends Gerry, Rudy, Ellen, Chris and Les planted it while I was at dance class - thanks soooo much! Was a great surprise.
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