In the last week or so we've had to use ours twice, which is pretty unusual.
First, the kids went off to the mall, Dave and I went on an errand in a different direction on foot, and we forgot our house keys. Both of us.
Since we got home before the kids we were locked out.
The good news is that we discovered that the house is pretty difficult to break into. After much trying of doors we discovered that one of the kids had left a window open upstairs so Dave made like a cat burger, climbed the ladder and was through the window in a flash.
On a different note, the neighbours to the side of us have been complaining bitterly for the last 3 months about a tree on the side of our house. When the wind blows strongly, little leaves drift off the tree and over the fence where they drop on the neighbours brick patio. And shock, horrors, they have to sweep up these few leaves weekly.
We hadn't done anything about the offending tree limb because it was twenty feet up the tree and was difficult to get to. Short of calling in a tree service we felt there was nothing that could be done.
Donnelly offered to climb the tree and cut off the limb but we were worried for his safety. Finally we agreed, but there was no way we would let him climb the tree with a chainsaw. So, he used a machete and whacked and whacked and finally the big tree limb was severed and fell to earth.
So thanks to a heroic effort by Donn, the neighbours have been appeased. Makes me wish I lived in the country well away from testy people.
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