Our backyard is pretty crowded now that Smokey’s run has been set up. And her dog house has been placed. And her little plastic wading pool has been put out and filled.

When we first moved from the big bad city where the kids were not allowed in the front yard, to our nice, quiet, safe small town, my mother in law informed me that it was a waste of energy to dismantle and move the swing set.

Meh. What does she know? The kids love the swing set! And so we moved it. And now, after almost three years of small town living, I find out that she might just know more than me. The kids never use it, well except for that one time when Parker handcuffed the younger two to the slide, but that was last summer already, so that doesn’t count.

So I decided to put the swing set up on Kijiji. Kijiji is like craigslist, only easy for me to navigate. So all day I have been  replying to emails from people interested. I put the Swing set on as “best offer” more eager to move it out than to make a buck. After about ten different people offered 50, I figured that was the going price on used swing sets, picked one name at random and began our correspondence.

We talked eight times during the day, she needed to send the photos to her husband and make sure he agreed. Just before supper she asked for directions to my house becuase the street name and number I had supplied in the previous email made no sense to her. I sent her detailed directions and awaited a reply for an estimated pick-up time.

This was her reply:

XXXXX_XXXXXXXX to me

show details 9:12 PM (54 minutes ago)

How far is that from Toronto? and Which highway to I take?

For a brief moment I was floored astounded confused. Then, with trepidation, I clicked over to my link in Kijiji.

Oh FUCK!

Here is my ad. Do you see the problem?

lets go a bit bigger. Now do you see it?

Oh yes I did. I put the stupid ad up in the Toronto section of Kijiji. In case you were wondering, and you might be, becuase until I looked it up tonight, I had no idea, but Toronto is approximately 2927 Km from me.

Needless to say I emailed her, apologized, deleted the ad and put it back up - in MY area.

Momma told me there would be days like these.

∗ Posted by bluepaintred on 05.29.2008
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