Driving Test Take 2

Well I had my second driving test today. I went in with a different frame of mind and worked hard to combat the nerves, said a few prayers. I drove around with my instructor for about an hour first-going by the spot where I drove to fast last time, and the 30 signs are all gone and its back to 40.

There were about 4 of us waiting, and my name was called first by none other than the supervisor who rode along on my first test. She was very nice however and set me right at ease. The whole time we were driving around on my test I kept thinking, "Man I do not like this lady's perfume and I can't wait to get out of the car."

I made a few mistakes, but nothing fatal-turning my signal on too late, running a yellow light-but I passed and thats all that matters.

Car Wash

How do you wash your car and not waste precious water in a country that has tons of rain but can't figure out an efficient way to contain it and claim there is a draught and impose a hosepipe ban for the summer?

Jason was sitting at the table eating lunch today when we were hit with a torrential downpour. Quick thinking bloke that he is, he donned his wellies & raincoat, rushed outside and washed his car. Why not let the rain rinse it off? Plus since it is rain water-no hard water spotting either. And he got to save himself the trouble of drying it as well.

He came back in only to find that Griffen tried to turn his coke into a potion with some surface cleaner, but that's another story.

Its raining pigeons

Well not really, but during story time with Jillian Friday afternoon we heard some strange sounds coming from the fireplace. Upon further investigation, I spied some feathers, lots of soot and 2 legs dangling from that little hole where the air goes up the chimney from the fire place.

MMM-what to do. I called a few local chimney sweeps and left messages. Called Jason at work (like he can do anything from there), finished reading our stories and left to pick up the other 2 from school.

My friend Lisa suggested calling the SPCA. So thats what I did. They called back and said to put a light in the room and maybe the bird would make its way into the fireplace. No go its too big of a bird. They said they couldn't come today, but someone would call tomorrow. Great.

Jason tried to take apart the fireplace so the whole top would fall down and we could grab the bird and hold a large plastic bag close to the opening, close all the doors and open the windows just in case in got loose. Not knowing pigeons, we decided not to risk it and wait till Saturday.

Saturday rolls around, SPCA arrives. He just popped the fireplace down grabbed the bird and let it loose outside. Of course he was covered in soot and so was the hearth, but the bird flew away unharmed.