9-1-1

This morning the boys smelled smoke in the back of the house! I went into Grace and Eli's room where there was definitely a terrible "electrical" smell and some smoke. I checked around and couldn't find anything obviously burning, yet worried about the old construction in this house and the older wiring as well! After evacuating everyone, I went to the next door neighbors and Wayne came over and agreed that something was definitely not right. His wife Karen called 911 and then took the kids to her house. We caused quite a scene on our block with five large fire trucks coming with all the sirens and lights! Initially the firefighters could not locate the source...this being very disconcerting to me! But then they discovered that the ceiling fan was burning on the inside! An electrician came and disassembled the fan and the fire dept. declared the emergency over! I think they may have been a bit disappointed that the whole hulabaloo wasn't more exciting!

We are so thankful that we were home and discovered the problem before it became worse and burned the house. The kids are still a bit jittery but will probably feel better in a few days! Sorry Rob had to miss all the excitement. I know I would sure appreciate a little less drama in the days to come!