Today I am letting myself off the hook, as the temperature is currently 58 degrees in our house as we await our new furnace installation tomorrow. My fingers are too cold when I type on an average day, but just now I froze my buns sitting on the leatheresque office chair. I will be here with the random tomorrow afternoon (as I am sure the furnace man will be much happier if I have something planned, other than shuffling stuff around my basement and asking him for moral support as I figure out what to get rid of).
Before I sign off though, I must share what I am thankful for today...I am thankful that I called National Grid when I thought I smelled gas outside this morning. It was actually carbon monoxide...you know that odorless gas...unless there is enough of it pumping out of your furnace. Yes, we have a detector near our bedrooms, and I will be buying at least one more tomorrow, and no it had not gone off...yet. It is the yet part that kept me rattled for several hours today, as one of the furnace people commented that he had never seen a reading so high in a residential furnace stack before.
Please protect your family, and have functioning detectors. Our house is only twelve years old, so I was a bit stunned. Time to go snuggle up with my peeps...good night from my chilly nose to my chilly, and as I said before, ever so grateful toes! xoxox
Oh my gosh!!! Enjoy your peeps. Someone was definitely watching over you. Glad you're all okay.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, a lot to be thankful for. Love you all. Mom
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness!!!! I am very grateful that you're all okay. Carbon monoxide is not something to take lightly--you must have a guardian angel watching over you and your family! Cuddle up and stay warm!
ReplyDeleteOh wow!!! So very grateful you caught that! That reminds me, I need to update my smoke detectors!
ReplyDeletethat is very scary! what a wake-up call for all of us to make sure we have functioning detectors. glad you and your peeps are ok!
ReplyDeleteWow, that is scary. Glad you realised something was wrong and that you and the family are okay.
ReplyDeleteVery scary! That word "yet" didn't give me much comfort. Thankfully you followed your instincts and called. I hope you are warmed up soon.
ReplyDeleteCarbon monoxide...how scary! I'm so glad you made that call! I wonder why the detector didn't work? :/ The "yet" scares me, too.
ReplyDeleteI think you win the prize. I'll just sit down here in my warm house and shut the heck up! ;P
xo,
RJ
Yikes! Scary stuff. The hubs is a worrier, so we have one of those in our living room. Hopefully it is functional. It's been there for a while, so who knows. Hope your furnace is fixed soon. Bundle up with lots of blankets and loved ones!!
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