The Inns Keeper.....

Christmas Eve Day Dalton was in a small play at the church. He was the inns keeper. The pictures aren't the greatest but that's what happens when you can't get up to the front! And your camera doesn't have zoom!

Anyway, It was quite a riot! Mary and Joseph came and Dalton was asked if he had any rooms available for them, he said and I quote... "Nope I'm full but I got a stable out back if ya wanna use it!". Well everybody started killing themselves laughing. Pastor Mark got a kick out of that and had to turn his head from laughing. It was quite funny. Dalton's demeanor I tell ya! Anyway at the end one of the church members told Pastor Mark that they have never quite heard the story told that way before and we all laughed again! And you wonder why I say never a dull moment around here?

Well the day just went downhill from there... let me tell you. You will laugh. have you ever been asked.... " Do you have a spare toilet around that your not using?"

Darin noticed that the toilet wasn't flushing properly around 4pm Christmas eve. So he decided to plunge it. So did I no biggie... Well..Not such a good idea. It didn't help. So Darin got out the fish. He messes with that trying to get it down the toilet. Broke it fixed the fish again started all over. After having problem after problem he decided finally at about 6:30pm to take the toilet off and see if he can get it out from the other end. He at this point figured there was something bigger than paper. Or "other" . So he takes it off. Well as you all know Darin has a bad shoulder and when he lifted it up his shoulder gave out and he ended up breaking the back of the tank. AUG!!!

Did I mention that my entire family is coming her for Christmas dinner in less than 24 hours!

So well we can still put water down the hole to rinse out the toilet just means that it's a little bit of a hassle but we can manage. So he takes the toilet and turns it upside down and tries to see what the problem is. There is a hot wheels hummer stuck in the drainage tube. So he tries to push it back out the other way with the fish. No budging. So he tries tapping it and wiggling it.....no luck... hmm.. well I'll give it a whack. So he does and what happens. The base of the toilet cracks. No we have no toilet.

Did I mention that I was in bed sleeping from working midnights and missed it all! Thank goodness! So here we are peeing outside tomorrow.. hopefully nobody has to do anymore or they are in trouble. So Darin decided to call my Mom and tell her that we would just all come there. But he dials the wrong number and gets Terry. As a joke he asks him. GOT A SPARE TOILET YOUR NOT USING? Terry laughed and said no of course. Wait for it... then all of the sudden he says actually I do up at the barn. Terry and Steph are renovating their cottage and had gotten one for it. Woo Hoo can you imagine the luck. So at 9pm Darin was finally sitting down for supper, the kids were falling into bed and I was getting ready for work. Thank goodness Darin's mom was here to watch the kids while I slept. She was exhausted from Tyson though after the 5 hours of chasing him! So all is well, except they didn't get to go for a drive to see the lights but that can happen another night.

So everything all ready for tomorrow. Toys are out. Food is ready. Stockings are stuffed. Until after Christmas! I'm sure that your all holding back the laughter after reading this... Only to us this could happen on Christmas eve!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY AND ENJOY YOURSELVES!