Saturday, December 27, 2008

Well, today was an exciting day.  It started out rather slow, (as I prefer my days off to be) and hit it's climax right around 5:30.  So, after eventually getting grandma showered and out the door, which was quite the feat, Renee, mom, grandma and I headed to the mall.  Anna was having a lazy morning so she decided to meet us there later for lunch.  Oh, and she hates the hustle and bustle of the day after Christmas sales.  Anyways, we got a bit side tracked trying to find the post office, then mom, with her great sense of direction kept going the wrong way in an attempt to get to the mall, which literally was a block away!  Anyways, it turned out beneficial as we found a Burlington Coat Factory and decided to hit our first after Christmas sale.  Which Renee grumbled about all the way in the door, then ended up spending more money than mom and I combined.  SHHH, don't tell Jon that Renee has a shopping problem.  After that little excursion, which took about 45 minutes to check out, we were famished and decided to go to the Cheesecake Factory.  Nothing too exciting to report there, besides, it is only about 4ish, and the climax isn't until 5:3o.  So after lunch/dinner, Anna took grandma back to the apartment while Renee, mom and I shopped a little more.  It was maybe 5 stores in when we got the phone call.  Grandma has asked for the fire to be lit, and Anna listened, but we were trying something new, and rather than just burning the natural gas, we had put a duraflame log on it.  Well, the house started to fill with smoke.  Anna was frantically fanning the fire alarm while calling us.  Earlier in the day, dad was over and critiqued us for burning the fireplace with just the natural gas, he said we were running up the electric bill or something.  So he went out and bought those logs.  Well he never informed us to open up the thing to the chimney.  So poor Anna was just doing what she was asked to do by grandma, and thought she was going to set the house on fire.  Which, luckily the tile around the fireplace will recover.  Anyways, we frantically left the mall, called Aunt Debbie who lives closer than we were and dashed home.  We pulled up to the parking lot smelling like a bonfire, and Aunt Debbie inside saving the day.  She had opened the chimney, and started the air conditioner to circulate the air.  Everyone made it out alive, poor Anna just had a headache all night which I am pretty sure is thanks to smelling smoke for so long.  Anyways, the night was pretty uneventful after that.  Renee and I went to Wal-mart and Lowes.  Oh, but we did start our first of 6 nights of dog sitting.  It shall be interesting seeing as how I do not like dogs, and these ones feed off of LALA and are all insane.  Prepare yourself for some future stories of me wanting to kill them.  Anyways, we are still counting down the days and anxiously awaiting the babies!  We miss you and love you Kim.  Wish you could have been here for all the excitement.  

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