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You can either laugh or you can cry????

About 3 months ago, Jodi and one of our friends found and purchased really nice outdoor furniture from a store in the industrial area at a ridiculously low price.  Over the last 2 months Jodi and our friend have been calling and wanting to know where this furniture is and how much longer it will take to be made and delivered.  Finally, on Friday, some of the furniture was delivered and we stored it in our carport and we had planned to stain it ourselves on Saturday (after my game of golf).  The following is where one has to find a comical side to anything and everything that happens in Zim.

As I have recently mentioned in other blogs, we have had two instances on a Friday night of someone getting into our property and stealing stuff … at least this time no one broke into our property … but … on Friday night something we didn’t expect to happen happened.

 

I got up as usual on Saturday morning to prepare a cup of coffee before my game of golf.  I opened up our dining room curtain to look out at our drive way and behold something that I would never have imagined stood before me.  Our thatched carport had collapsed … not only had it collapsed but it had annihilated the outdoor coffee table and broke the double outdoor lounge chair that Jodi had been waiting so long to get.

 

One has to stop at a moment like this and try to find positives …

  • no one was inured;
  • our car was not damaged because it was not parked under the carport;
  • it missed smashing our trailer;
  • not all of the new furniture that Jodi had been waiting for was damaged;
  • it is another story I can blog to you all.

Laugh or Cry?????  We chose laughter … what else could we do?

 

 

2 Responses

  1. Helen Wood

    Just keep on laughing but stop before it turns into hysteria!

    thinking of you both

    Helen

    October 28, 2008 at 3:17 am

  2. Gordon

    Tell the truth Andrew…. it was Jodi’s parking skills that caused it!

    November 13, 2008 at 2:12 am

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