01/13/10
When I pulled in the garage I heard a loud beeping/screeching noise. I though Huh maybe it's them working on the Gas Well behind our house. I went to get the mail and thought wow; I can still hear it, what is that noise. As I got back to the garage I thought Huh, I think that's coming from the house. So I left my stuff in the car, put down the mail and opened the back door. As I went inside I noticed that the alarm was going off, but not the regular sound it was more ear piercing. I thought great last month my car this month the house. I quickly turned keyed in the alarm code, but the alarm stayed on. I backed out of the house and called Micah, luckily he was pulling in right about that time.
As we went into the house we realized that all of our Smoke Detectors in the house are going off at the same time. The beauty of technology is that they’re all hardwired into the alarm system. After a quick inspection of the house we found no fire, but the alarms are still going off, let me tell if you've never heard 5 smoke alarms screeching at the same time it's deafening!
Micah got the worse end of it at least I could cover my ears; he had to climb on a ladder and remove each of the alarms from the ceilings. Once we got to the last alarm he realized that it was the one in Jade's room that was faulty, every time he tried to plug it back in it would set all of the alarms off again.
Micah finally got all of the alarms back up and running minus Jade's when we noticed poor Echo hiding in our closet making this sad meow. Poor kitty who knows how long the alarms were going off for, I think he lost his hearing for a couple of hours. When I picked him up he was crying and super sleepy and every time I put him down he did that sad meow again. Poor baby, I don't think he got to nap all day, he was so traumatized.
With all of that aside I am truly thankful that our house was not on fire nor did anyone break in as I first thought. Now I could finally relax and only an hour past my bedtime.
01/11/10
With it being a new year and a new Decade I have decided to post all of my favorite songs from 2009, in no particular order.
With these songs brings a whole list of emotions;
Joy
Sadness
Wonder
And some are just plain fun.
Listen along and maybe you too will become a fan.
I do have to say that my favorite is Dropkick Murphys, it's older but I just Love It, it makes me want to get up and dance, which I do if I'm at home.
Enjoy!
01/06/10
I know I’m a little late posting our White Christmas, but I was sick through Christmas and New Years So hear they are.
I have to say that I have the world’s best husband and daughter willing to endure the cold all for the sake of a snowman!
Love you Both!
Micah on the way home from work, this is a blizzard for us!
01/04/10
When thinking about New Year's Resolutions people generally choose something that they want to change about themselves.
I like to do things to better myself, not change. I try to choose something that I’ve always wanted to do, but put off for one reason or another.
Last year I took Cake Decorating classes. I've wanted to take them for years and no one would take them with me so I finally decided that I would take them by myself.
It was a great decision; I really enjoyed the lessons and put them to great use.
For my Resolution for this year I’ve decided to do two things:
1. Learn to Knit ;
With the help of Knitting for Dummies.
Knitting For Dummies
by Pam Allen, Tracy Barr and Shannon Okey
01/02/10
Where did the tradition of eating Black Eyed Peas on New Years come from?
The tradition of bringing luck and prosperity stems back Judaism and the Holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. It is said that, "Now that you have established that good-luck symbols avail, you should make it a habit to see Rubiya (black-eyed peas, Arabic Lubiya), on your table on the New Year." The United States adopted this tradition around the time of The Civil War.
Black Eyed Peas and New Year's Day in the South go hand in hand, until today.
I have decided to break tradition and not eat Black Eyed Peas on New Year's Day for two reasons;
1. I hate Black Eyed Peas
2. How can food decide my fate for the year?
So instead of cooking a pot of Beans and choking them down all for the sake of 'GOOD LUCK" I will be relaxing with my family while watching movies, napping and spending time together, and leaving the fate of the year up to chance as it should be.
This is my prosperity for the New Year,
MY FAMILY
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