The frame of our new front porch is finished. It looks magnificent! I haven't had a porch since I was a little girl.
My son Joe says it's not really a porch because it won't have a roof. He says it's actually a... deck. I never told him that the Santa whose lap he eagerly climbed onto every year at the local mall, was really an unemployed transvestite looking to earn a little beer money, did I? No. I'm not a Debbie Downer.
Well... whatever it is... it's mine and I'm calling it a porch. I don't need a roof. I guess it would be nice to sit out there during a rainstorm and not get wet. Or relax in the shade sipping ice tea on a hot summer day. And I suppose I won't like shoveling snow or sweeping leaves off the porch. But if we decided to put a roof on it, we would need to apply for a variance from the township. We all know what a nightmare that is. And the new shingles wouldn't match the old ones and it would cost a lot more money. Since we're being honest here, I have to admit that I can't even find the time to bring in the newspaper let alone sit out on the porch sipping ice tea or watching it rain. Oh, I'd love to say I would be doing things like that... but I wouldn't.
Like I said... I don't need a roof. I'll be thrilled to death with my new front porch just the way we designed it. Once the township inspects the frame on Monday, Joe says the porch will be finished by the end of the week. This will be my best Christmas present ever! Ho-ho-ho!
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4 comments:
Pantyhose for Santa, huh? Too funny. You're a hoot!
And hey front porch, deck, stoop, loading platform or event center. Call it whatever you like as long as it makes you happy.
Santa was a what? Why am I always the last to know? What am I going to tell the kids?
This was very cute. It's a porch. A deck goes in the backyard not in the front. Tell him I said that. I Have a stoop..I want a porch. I think I would sit out there. Not sure though. And nevermind the roof..imagine having to deal with Todd and whats her name again.
This is a great entry! I love your journal:0)
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