It was Saturday afternoon, getting through the household chores including working the yard with lawns and gardening. Finishing up and packing everything away, I noticed Anne standing at the back verandah, she said, "Hurry up and take a shower, we need to go out and look at a furniture piece!" Oh no, I thought, usually after working all day, I just want to get cleaned up and relax with a cool drink. Not today. After closin...

I arrived home with the brown paper bundle under my arm, sneaking into the house. The coast was clear, so I ran upstairs to our bedroom, to our hiding spot, behind our luggage. I threw the bag behind the suitcase, and threw over some jeans to cover it all up. Anne called out, "Alex , is that you ?". I replied,"Yes, just busting to get to the toilet!" I went to our en suite to wash my hands and then came downstairs. Missio...

It was a rare day when I actually drove to the office instead of catching the bus. I was going to collect some products and bring them home for samples for calling on our customers. I was having a quiet day and thought about taking the samples and dropping them into the garage and also having lunch at home with Anne, and working the remainder of the day from home. I loaded the car and drove home, parked in the driveway an...