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in the swim colleen hadcock modelled swimwear and other seasonal outfits thursday evening dur ing a fashion show sponsored by the st mark parents guild this costume was supplied by josephines fashions and pe tite collection of stouffville chris shanahan sad state of affairs the housekeeping standards at our place are on a downhill slide i dont knowwhen they crossed the line between acceptable and what happened i just know they did it wasnt always this way when we were young and childless our house was my pride and joy it was always kept in a state of readiness in case the editors of house and garden stopped by for tea furniture was carefully selected and lovingly maintained i even oiled all the wooden furni ture once a month really we had a yellow shag rug in our living room that i used to crawl around on to make sure i hadnt missed any dirt spots i never had because people werent allowed to walk on it with shoes these days i go into the living room once a week to water the plants whether they need it or not i was going to say that i go in there to vacuum but i try to be honest well the darned place only gets used at christmas and for major life events so why over do it right our family room is as they say in the ads the hub of family life and it looks it there is probably more food in between the sofa cushions than there is in the re frigerator memories are etched into the rug the glass of orange crush that was flung about in the final minutes of an exciting scrabble game the ice cream cone that was dumped in a frenzy of shared licking between small dog and small child is it fair to expect concentration from children who are so accustomed to using the vcr that they can now master the entire operation with their toes not being a mechanical sort i have never mastered it at all you tribune april 291987 c15 m 8 wellington strmi west hartham ontario l3p1a2 guaranteed investment certificates 9v 5 year term 30 days to 5 year rates available on request 2941372 ext 317 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magazines and books which are strewn around in the hope that we will get around to reading them before the library cuts up our cards but our bath room has strips of wallpaper torn off from the time we didnt let the dog out for the cocktail party shes a vengeful little cuss at least the bathroom tap doesnt leak anymore as my hus band explained it to me when they built our house they instal led taps that simply couldnt be fixed when they break they break and you simply have to live with it that sounded a little fishy to me but he said it with such a look of sincerity he was born with that look it means nothing that i felt like a cur doubting him till i spoke with some of the neighbors who assured me that their taps had indeed been fixed from time to time after getting a few aff ida- vidts from them and threatening to call the plumber my husband grudgingly went to the hardware store and returned prepared to put in a glum hour or so i left him to it sensing that he was not in his louis jourdan mood half an hour later with en couraging sounds emanating from the nether regions i ven tured upstairs he was bending over the sink the glow of success on his face it works he announced it always did i replied its the tub tap thats leaking such are the things that gnaw away at the fabric of a relationship im not even going to mention the kids rooms except to say that i suspect we have more pets than were aware of meal preparation is another area of our life that is not up to snuff once upon a time company invited to our house could safely anticipate the unexpected a greek easter dinner a country french picnic a chinese dim sum brunch mhought nothing of taking three days to prepare an authentic cassoulet only to have friends commend me on the excel lent stew stew now i make stew and call it cassoulet and try to figure out where i can buy a dessert that will be runny enough that people will be convinced i made it what brought about this fall from grace i wish i knew time middle 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