Misleading

Laura flew in to Ottawa and stayed with Julia.  She was planning to rent a UHaul truck and empty her storage locker in Barrhaven and bring the stuff to New Hamburg to sort out.  She said that she had gotten very good at throwing things out.  Laura was very upset when she went to UHaul to rent a truck in Ottawa.  All the UHaul trucks have the advertising on the side of the trucks saying $19.95 per day but she found out that the truck would cost her $238 for 3 days.  She called us desparately trying to think of some way to avoid the expense.  We were no help.  So she went back to the UHaul shop crying and they gave her 20% off.  Poor girl in more ways than one.

Hottest Day of the Year

Barb can't find a good place in the new car to put her Kleenex box.  Today she drove home from Costco on the hottest day of the year with the seat warmer on because the Kleenex box had hit the button and she didn't know it.

Plucker

Barb has trouble with the spell checker on her phone.  Every time she types 'pickle' in messages to Laura on her phone, it changes it to 'plucker'.  It could be worse I guess.

Magic Hands

Last year my dentist told me I had a big cavity right at the gum line on one of my molars. She said that there wasn't much she could do about it but she was worried that it might start to hurt when I was in Florida.  It didn't hurt.  So I didn't do anything about it.  Then when I got back from Florida, our new dentist thought he could fill it   When he filled it, I thought it was funny that the dental hygienist was complimenting him about his magic hands that were able to fill such a difficult cavity.  Then this week it started to ache.  I went to the dentist but when he tested my teeth, I couldn't tell him for sure which tooth it was. They all seemed to hurt when he put the cold thing on them but then the pain would go away.  So he sent me home.  A couple of days later, it really started to ache and I found which tooth it was and was playing with the tooth with my tongue to remember which tooth it was.  I made appointment with the dentist for the next day to get the tooth pulled.  It turned out to be the same tooth that he filled but he didn't want to pull it.  He was suggesting a root canal or an implant.  Finally, he told me that he was going on vacation next week.  It was Friday.  So I had to decide right then.  I said pull it.  I had to sign a consent agreement saying that I had approved the pulling of the tooth.  Now I have a big hole in my mouth.  I guess his hands weren't as magic as all that.

Kevin

Barb was trying to decide who to play with at the Pickelball Association of Ontario tournament between Mark and Kevin.  She decided to play with Mark and messaged Kevin to tell him she couldn't play with him.  He said he already had a partner.  She was mad at Kevin for not telling her earlier. If she had known, she wouldn't have had to worry about making the decision and turning him down.  She was happy she chose to play with Mark because she could have messaged Mark and told him she was playing with Kevin and then she would have been screwed when Kevin told her that he already had a partner.

Handyman

The guy who sold us our new car is also the Village handyman.  Barb asked him about our back porch.  He came over to pressure wash the mold off the porch today.  Barb was happy that she had just sweep the leaves off the porch before he got here.

Missed Games

We got home from Ottawa at 10 pm.  I was still in my baseball clothes.  I had texted the guys from my New Hamburg team to ask how their games went.  They had played a double header and won the first game and tied the second game.  I asked if the guys were still at the ball park having a beer and they said they would be there for a little while longer.  So I got Barb to drop me off at the New Hamburg ball park and I had a few pops with them.  I was dressed appropriately.