Baby Come Back

Now that I know carbon monoxide alarms going off = Firemen, I don't think i'd mind having the alarms go off every once in awhile. Monday night, as I was making some delicious rice krispie treats, alarms started going off in the house. My first thought was that it was the fire alarms from cooking over the stove. Susan, Nicolette and I immediately started opening up windows and doors to air out the house. After checking the fire detector, we soon realized that the alarms were actually coming from the carbon monoxide detector. Instantly we were on the phones with our dads asking what to do. First response our sweet father's gave us was to GET OUT OF THE HOUSE and call the fire department. After being able to only save one of our precious kitties (Scraggles was scared out of his mind from the alarms and hide inside the couch, so we left him to die...), we gathered together in the driveway. As we stood in the driveway, the most beautiful sight started driving down our street and parked right in front of our house. 5 angels jumped out of the truck to save us. I wasn't able to take a picture of them, but they looked like this...We melted. They made sure we were alright and then quickly ran in the house to detect the level of carbon monoxide. However, we were unaware that you're not supposed to open any windows or doors when your CO detectors go off, you're just to immediately evacutate the area. By opening windows and doors, the outside air will dilute the amount of CO which makes it harder for the hot firemen to get an accurate reading. Which is exactly what happened. The hot firemen couldn't find any readings of carbon monoxide in our house. They determined it was faulty batteries and suggested we replace them. The hot firemen stuck around for a little while afterwards to chit chat about football and "The Big Game" on Saturday with us girls. It turned out to be a pretty awesome night. I am so grateful to be part of a country where service men and women risk their lives daily to protect us. God bless America!