Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Because I am tired and rarely feel like writing much these days, I am condensing into a few words what I feel needs to be said....
We have a choice.....
Divide and Conquer.....or United We Stand.
Quote of the day:
"Apparently, I’m supposed to be more outraged by what Mitt Romney does with his money than by what Barack Obama does with mine."
We have a choice.....
Divide and Conquer.....or United We Stand.
Quote of the day:
"Apparently, I’m supposed to be more outraged by what Mitt Romney does with his money than by what Barack Obama does with mine."
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Oh, What a Night!!!!
First of all, yes, I have been neglecting my blog. I have been busy ....and frankly, too tired to even care.
But I have a story to tell of an evening I had in Texas recently that would have made a good comedy.
I was asked to come to Texas to watch my grandchildren Emily and Jacob while Jason and Melissa went to Nashville for a convention. That meant I needed to take Emily to school and to a community class she was enrolled in. No problem! They also told me about things concerning the house and how to do things like...the security alarm. Well, I thought that was no problem either. Jason and Melissa left for Nashville.
That night, all was going well. The kids and I were playing and having a good time. Because I knew we weren't going to go out at all that evening, I went ahead and set the security alarm. We decided to all get in our pj's and have a pillow fight. We had a great time. Jason and Melissa called. Melissa told Emily she should really take a bath and wash her hair. No problem! I made sure Emily took her bath and I helped her with her hair. I decided I would blow dry her hair before bed. Of course, Emily was not overly thrilled with the idea but agreed when I said we could do it in the family room so she could watch TV while I dealt with her very thick hair. All was well for about 3 minutes....then the commotion began. I blew a fuse. No Problem! I know how to fix that. I reassured the kids that grandma could fix the problem and that just because the whole family room was dark didn't mean that it would stay that way. I asked them if they knew where the fuse box was. They didn't know. Soooo... I assumed that it was probably in the garage like most are here where I live. We headed down the stairs to the garage door. I opened the door.....suddenly the alarm went off. Oh my! Jason had told me the code to turn it off in case that happened, and also put a post-it note next to the box for me with the instructions on it. So I ran back upstairs to turn it off. Well, it was dark up there and I couldn't read the post-it note. I managed to punch in the code to turn it off, but didn't realize I also needed to press CANCEL. Well, things went quiet...except for the kids, who were getting a bit panicked. I went back downstairs to try and find the fuse box in the garage....none there. I decided I needed to call Jason to find out where the fuse box was located. Back up the stair I went to get my cell phone. I ended up tripping over the lamp cord I been telling the kids to stay away from all evening. GREAT! I was finally dialing Jason's number when I got a call from him. He said that he and Melissa had got a call from the police saying that there was a problem at their house. I told him what happened. He explained to me that they can only have two false alarms a year or they get fined $250.00 each time it goes off. He also told me about needing to press CANCEL. I was feeling really bad. Thank goodness they hadn't had any false alarms before that. Melissa had told the security people not to send the police unless they called them back. THANK GOODNESS THE POLICE DIDN'T COME KNOCKING ON THE DOOR!!! I asked Jason where the fuse box was. To my dismay he said it was outside in the backyard on the side of the house.
Let me explain why this did not set well with me. Jason had told me before leaving that we were not to go in the backyard because for the winter months they had not done anything back there and described it as a 'jungle'. Their backyard backs up to an open field. They have been known to have water moccasins (EEEKK! Poisonous Snakes!) in their backyard. This is where I began to panic. I have always been fearful of snakes.The fuse box (of course) wasn't next to the back door....oh no...it was around on the side of the house. I would have to walk through the tall grass! EEK! Well, he told me where to find a bright flashlight and I managed to find the courage to go out and find the fuse box and fix the problem of the darkened family room. Sweet Emily was more concerned about me going out in the dark and kept saying...."we'll have your back grandma!"...Of course I told then to stay in the house. Boy was I glad to get back in the house once they told me the lights were back on! I locked the door thinking I would not be going back there again....Hmmmm Well, the kids and I went back upstairs and worked on getting the TV back running okay. Whew, that went well.
Soon it was time for the kids to go to bed. I reassured them that all was well and not to worry. I guess they had their doubts. :-) The rest of the evening was quiet. After a while I went to bed.
I woke up a few times when I heard some banging on the side of the house. I could tell that it had become very windy outside and tried to ignore the banging which was happening on the outside wall of where my room was....and the side where the fuse box was. I knew I had closed the box door and latched it, but all that banging left me doubting myself. Sooo, at 3:00 in the morning, I decided since I couldn't sleep anyway due to all the noise, I may as well go back downstairs and out the backdoor to check it out. Yes, I had latched the box okay earlier. It was obvious the banging was something I was not able to do anything about. I was too wide awake to go back to sleep. I sat on the couch in the family room and began smiling as I ran through the night's events. Though the evening did not go smoothly, I felt good about how I handled everything. I never panicked...well, maybe for a minute at the thought of the snakes, but that just added to the comedy in my thoughts.
Oh, one last thing......The alarm went off one more time...this time it was because I accidentally pressed the wrong number when I thought I turned it off one morning. Later, I had to go in the garage to get something....Darn that garage door! But this time, I pressed in the right code and pressed CANCEL. No police, no calls to Jason by the security company and no second warning. Jason and Melissa came home that evening and I was able to relax. :-)
But I have a story to tell of an evening I had in Texas recently that would have made a good comedy.
I was asked to come to Texas to watch my grandchildren Emily and Jacob while Jason and Melissa went to Nashville for a convention. That meant I needed to take Emily to school and to a community class she was enrolled in. No problem! They also told me about things concerning the house and how to do things like...the security alarm. Well, I thought that was no problem either. Jason and Melissa left for Nashville.
That night, all was going well. The kids and I were playing and having a good time. Because I knew we weren't going to go out at all that evening, I went ahead and set the security alarm. We decided to all get in our pj's and have a pillow fight. We had a great time. Jason and Melissa called. Melissa told Emily she should really take a bath and wash her hair. No problem! I made sure Emily took her bath and I helped her with her hair. I decided I would blow dry her hair before bed. Of course, Emily was not overly thrilled with the idea but agreed when I said we could do it in the family room so she could watch TV while I dealt with her very thick hair. All was well for about 3 minutes....then the commotion began. I blew a fuse. No Problem! I know how to fix that. I reassured the kids that grandma could fix the problem and that just because the whole family room was dark didn't mean that it would stay that way. I asked them if they knew where the fuse box was. They didn't know. Soooo... I assumed that it was probably in the garage like most are here where I live. We headed down the stairs to the garage door. I opened the door.....suddenly the alarm went off. Oh my! Jason had told me the code to turn it off in case that happened, and also put a post-it note next to the box for me with the instructions on it. So I ran back upstairs to turn it off. Well, it was dark up there and I couldn't read the post-it note. I managed to punch in the code to turn it off, but didn't realize I also needed to press CANCEL. Well, things went quiet...except for the kids, who were getting a bit panicked. I went back downstairs to try and find the fuse box in the garage....none there. I decided I needed to call Jason to find out where the fuse box was located. Back up the stair I went to get my cell phone. I ended up tripping over the lamp cord I been telling the kids to stay away from all evening. GREAT! I was finally dialing Jason's number when I got a call from him. He said that he and Melissa had got a call from the police saying that there was a problem at their house. I told him what happened. He explained to me that they can only have two false alarms a year or they get fined $250.00 each time it goes off. He also told me about needing to press CANCEL. I was feeling really bad. Thank goodness they hadn't had any false alarms before that. Melissa had told the security people not to send the police unless they called them back. THANK GOODNESS THE POLICE DIDN'T COME KNOCKING ON THE DOOR!!! I asked Jason where the fuse box was. To my dismay he said it was outside in the backyard on the side of the house.
Let me explain why this did not set well with me. Jason had told me before leaving that we were not to go in the backyard because for the winter months they had not done anything back there and described it as a 'jungle'. Their backyard backs up to an open field. They have been known to have water moccasins (EEEKK! Poisonous Snakes!) in their backyard. This is where I began to panic. I have always been fearful of snakes.The fuse box (of course) wasn't next to the back door....oh no...it was around on the side of the house. I would have to walk through the tall grass! EEK! Well, he told me where to find a bright flashlight and I managed to find the courage to go out and find the fuse box and fix the problem of the darkened family room. Sweet Emily was more concerned about me going out in the dark and kept saying...."we'll have your back grandma!"...Of course I told then to stay in the house. Boy was I glad to get back in the house once they told me the lights were back on! I locked the door thinking I would not be going back there again....Hmmmm Well, the kids and I went back upstairs and worked on getting the TV back running okay. Whew, that went well.
Soon it was time for the kids to go to bed. I reassured them that all was well and not to worry. I guess they had their doubts. :-) The rest of the evening was quiet. After a while I went to bed.
I woke up a few times when I heard some banging on the side of the house. I could tell that it had become very windy outside and tried to ignore the banging which was happening on the outside wall of where my room was....and the side where the fuse box was. I knew I had closed the box door and latched it, but all that banging left me doubting myself. Sooo, at 3:00 in the morning, I decided since I couldn't sleep anyway due to all the noise, I may as well go back downstairs and out the backdoor to check it out. Yes, I had latched the box okay earlier. It was obvious the banging was something I was not able to do anything about. I was too wide awake to go back to sleep. I sat on the couch in the family room and began smiling as I ran through the night's events. Though the evening did not go smoothly, I felt good about how I handled everything. I never panicked...well, maybe for a minute at the thought of the snakes, but that just added to the comedy in my thoughts.
Oh, one last thing......The alarm went off one more time...this time it was because I accidentally pressed the wrong number when I thought I turned it off one morning. Later, I had to go in the garage to get something....Darn that garage door! But this time, I pressed in the right code and pressed CANCEL. No police, no calls to Jason by the security company and no second warning. Jason and Melissa came home that evening and I was able to relax. :-)
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