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Dead silence, then Ella said, "I really enjoyed that!"
Then we laughed like lunatics, and she said, "We need some tea, when you've fetted (sic,) come round and we'll have a cuppa."
What will Ron say? Oh he will laugh too, and he will fix it. Such a carry-on we had that day. Ella, Jack and son David (Wilcox) were very good neighbours. They all laughed at me.
The second break-in (this sounds like a thriller) was a busy school day and I had been to town, come home by 11 a.m. to be there for lunch for my kids, and found no key, oh dear! I picked up a big rock (we had lots) and just broke the window, what a noise. Glass all over (a 20" x 20" pane,) made a lot of mess and noise, but I got in and lunch was on time.
Linda said, "Why did you do it?"
"Forgot my key."
Bob said, "did anybody see you do it?"
"No."
After lunch and the children back to school, I ran across the road to the "Sash and Door" place and told Jack Martin (manager) what I had done, so he came over, viewed the situation and sent one of his workers over. Two hours later I had new glass in the door. Then I cleaned all the mess up, that took another hour.
Next day I told Ron about it, and he said, "You all seemed very quiet at supper last night."
Bob and Linda got the giggles and the whole tale came out.
"Too bad I wasn't here to see you do it, maybe next time."
Mom
June 2, 2007
I remember vaguely the incident in Canada, but not the giggling. Mom was pretty resourceful, wasn't she?