As you may know, it snowed here Wednesday night. Mr. Hubby and I went to the gym and drove home as Birmingham was painted white! It was beautiful. However, we discussed how ready we were for our annual international excursion and how we were so tired of being cold! Thursday morning I woke up go get ready for work and noticed that it was a little chilly in the house but didn’t think much about it. I mean there was snow on the ground. I didn’t mention it to Mr. Hubby, I thought it was just me. When I got home from work though is another story! It had turned from chilly in our house to FREEZING! I went to turn up the heat and it wasn’t working! I immediately call hubby to tell him about our dilemma. He told me that it wasn’t working when he got up and explained to me how to “flip the breaker”… I’m still learning all this man stuff. I flipped it and headed to dinner with mom and Dave. I was a little concerned at this point but not too worried. After dinner, and the purchase of a heater, we headed home. When we got home it had flipped again and now I was getting concerned. Mr. Hubby flipped it back on and I thought… “if this thing keeps turning itself off, shouldn’t we just let it stay off… wouldn’t the act of turning itself off be a safety feature? Do heating units have safety features? Is something going to catch on fire?” but I didn’t dare say anything to the man of the house! Surely, he knows more than I do. So, approximately 9:35, just as Charlotte was debating whether or not to let her rapist die, the breaker flipped again. Mr. Hubby walked over, opened the box, and flipped the breaker the final time, because the lights went out!!! We lost power to our entire house!!! After several calls to all the people we thought might know what to do, we went to bed with no power or heat!
Last night, Cliff came to the rescue! He discovered a burn in the closet, which explains the burning smell from the previous night, a shorted wire, and something about the numbers 40, 43, and 45. I just overheard the conversation… they were speaking a foreign language to me. But, I speak heat! I knew it was on and we had power back! So, Thank you Cliff Black! You are awesome!!! I hope everyone has a great weekend! I’m ready to head somewhere where heat is no issue!!!