a smashing time

While away at scrap booking Ashley was sitting in the office, just minding his own business, when the glass sliding door exploded and shattered into a million little pieces; apparently for no apparent reason - very bizarre! He was lucky he wasn't injured really.
Anyway it took him 4 hours to clean up the debris and fit our side screen door for security. Then the bad news - the replacement cost. Well after getting over the shock of that little expense, we thought we would check the secondhand pages, and were happy to find a door about 20 minutes away, in Cresent Beach, for $100. The only trouble was getting it back to the house and getting it properly fitted.
We rang our reliable fix-it man "Super Ron" and he said he'd fit it for $70 (we had been quoted $250+petrol money by one joker). Then Ashley asked around his work for a solution in getting it back to the house. Our friend Bruce, who we had stayed with, in July/August, lent us his vehicle, so we picked it up today.
We had the fixed glass piece and entire frame strapped to the van's roof, held on by a dozen octopus clips, the rest was inside. It took us 2 hours to secure it to the vehicle, but got home alright. Hopefully Super Ron will fit it on the weekend.
The surprises with this bloomin' house just keep on coming!