Day 1.183: Merry Dalek Day

Our kitchen pedal-bin recently stopped working and this morning I declared the pedal-lid-lifting mechanism to be irreparable. Since our consciences would not allow us to do the patriotic* thing and rush out to Walmart for a cheap imported replacement, I elected to stick a handle on the lid instead. While I was supergluing, I re-attached the legs on this Anne of Green Gables doll known as Mary-Alice, or "Merry Ellis" as Exile #3 says it.

The be-handled bin looked disturbingly Dalek-like. It was a short-lived solution - the handle caught on the in-bin bucket and flew off - it's now sitting on the sloping part of the lid, still poised to exterminate anyone who approaches it however.

This afternoon we were at a birthday party (E5N1 charmed all-comers) and followed it up with shoe-shopping - the girls are going to be at camp next week and so really need some sensible and well-fitting footwear. Exile #2 and I had our dinner sitting on the deck in the slightly-cooling breeze after the kids were in bed - very nice indeed.

*One of my colleagues is thinking of spending his 'economic stimulus' check (tax rebate) on a gun - this may actually be one of the few ways to spend it that is not just buying imported goods and therefore stimulating someone else's economy. It's also wonderfully American.