New Cabinets

"New House"

We purchased an old home in Northern New York
State from two elderly sisters. Winter was fast
approaching and I was concerned about the
house's lack of insulation.

"If they could live here all those years, so can
we!" my husband confidently declared.

One November night the temperature plunged
to below zero, and we woke up to find interior
walls covered with frost.

My husband called the sisters to ask how they
had kept the house warm. After a rather brief
conversation, he hung up.

"For the past 30 years," he muttered, "they've
gone to Florida for the winter."

****************************************

"New Cabinets"

Jolene had been wanting new kitchen cabinets
for a long time, but her husband insisted they
were an extravagance.

Then she went to visit her Mother for two weeks,
and when she returned, she was overjoyed to
find that her husband had surprised her by
installing beautiful new cabinets.

A few days later a neighbor came over to visit and
after admiring the new cabinets, the neighbor added,

"All of us were so glad that the fire your husband
had while you were gone was confined to the kitchen."
Received on Sun Jun 29 20:02:14 2008