Monday, January 29, 2007

the birds and the builders

This past weekend we embarked on a reconnaissance mission to HD, the home renovation mecca. I love HD - not because it offers possibility after possibility, not because of the helpful staff, or the belief that everything will be better if I just buy that or that or that. Not even because they sell Martha Stewart's magazine amid all the electrical conduit, lumber, and plumbing bits. I love HD because of the birdies.

Where else can you deliberate the benefits of one toilet seat over another amid the pleasing salve of bird song? Where else will a chirping sparrow be heard over a heated argument about paint colour?

This particular trip was a bit stressful; we can't afford to do what we want, home reno-wise, so we're after a cheap-that-won't-look-cheap solution for our bathroom, and for flooring throughout the house. Isn't everybody? It's not easy, eh?

Anyway, the birdies made me smile, until I had a frightening thought: I hope they can escape as easily as they got in. As much as I love HD, I wouldn't want to be trapped there. I'll bet it gets spooky at night.

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