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November 29, 2011
Life’s a Dance
By: Diane Becker
The machine shed is the hub of our farm. That’s where the tools, the bench where Tom fixes things and farm equipment storage is located. This week, though, our machine shed is a dance floor.
It’s our third daughter’s sweet 16-birthday dance and we’re trying to make our shed to, well, look like it’s not a shed. We had to hide the grimy 5-gallon buckets and tuck the power tools under the shelves. We scrubbed the floor with wide brooms and strung lights from the ceiling. Hopefully no one will mind that there’s a large sprayer in the corner or that there’s a couple of lawnmowers hiding underneath it.
If the DJ is good enough, the dancers won’t hear the air compressor occasionally running. Natalie invited everyone in her high school – all 120 of them. She posted the invitation and directions to our farm on their lockers and most have told her they’ll be attending.
Tom and my only duties will be to keep the chip bowls full and cut the cake towards the end of the evening. So there’s oil stains on the floor and wrenches hanging on the wall. It’s her 16th birthday, a few friends are staying overnight afterwards and there’s free pop for all. We get another licensed driver to boot. Tom and I may just have to take our own turn at the dance floor.