I don't know what this picture has to do with anything, I just thought it was funny Kade made his pizza into a snowman.
I was just finishing up the dishes, the kids were playing on the computer and watching T.V. waiting for bed time when the power went out. All at once they are screaming and crying while I am fumbling in the dark trying to find the flashlights. Hazel is hysterical because she tried to run and crashed into to something. You would think they had never been in the dark before. sheesh.
I went outside to see what was going on only to be blinded by the neighbors Christmas lights. So, it was just us in the dark. I tried and tried to reset the main breaker, with no luck. So I had to go ask my neighbors if they would help me. He tried too with no luck and told me to call a friend in the ward who is an electrition. It was late and I didn't want to but I knew there would be no rest for me otherwise, see above reaction.
My lovely neighbors insisted on taking the children to their house until we figured out what was wrong.
And I let them.
Yes, I know you are shocked. I was proud of myself for accepting their service. I was already having to call someone in the ward at night and pull him away from his family because why? I can't flip my breaker? Why not let the neighbors watch the kids?
He came and was able to reset it and noticed the breaker to the water heater had blow, so he reset it and it blew the main breaker again. So I went to open the garage so he could look at the water heater and was met with a very unpleasant smell of burning plastic.
The wiring on the timer to the water heater had caught fire.(we have never used it)
As soon as I saw it I said "hmm two nights ago I had a dream there was a fire by the little girls room and was awake for a good hour wondering what I would do if that happened, we don't even have a fire extinguisher." Bad I know. The little girls room is just on the other side of this wall. Chills.
So I am super grateful that my breakers worked properly and shut off all the power. I am super grateful that I swallowed my pride and asked for help, always a hard thing for me. Plus I am grateful I was even home. I had a meeting I was supposed to go to and had called and cancelled.
So, $8.00 and an hour or two later he removed it all and repaired it for me. We had to go to Home Depot and my gas light was on, I was praying I wouldn't run out of gas. I was waiting until payday. That would have been embarrassing. How helpless can one gal look in one day?
When I went to get the kids they said they didn't know if they wanted to send them back. I said I might just think about that.
They watched a movie and ate popcorn and candy and played with their chihuahua Bambi. I had to shine the flash light at their face and demand that it was time to go just to get their attention.
All in all it was an eventful night.
Now I know we need
-flashlights handy
-a fire extinguisher
-to always be friends with an electrition
-10 gage wire on hand
-smoke detector in the garage
-to air out the garage before we let the Realtor come over
-nice grandparently neighbors who are in your ward
-to teach my kids not to run or panic in the dark
-to swallow my pride and accept service
It was also nice to know that My Father in Heaven is watching over my family and taking care of us. I said a nice long prayer and I didn't really get any sleep that night. Lets hope tomorow is a little more boring.
