My family is Blessed 9-18-07
How do you write how thankful one is when you were saved from death!
Last night we all headed to bed around 10:30pm and me 11:30pm. Karen and Brittney went to bed even earlier cause they have finals in the morning. Anyway I was actually asleep when the dog started barking like a crazy thing!! I told her to stop but she didn't listen! THEN I heard the door bell going off like crazy!!! I mean it wasn't stopping! I was like whoa.. who could it be! I knew we were all in bed sleeping. As I came out my door Laura came out hers! we were like I'm not going alone so we went together. as I went down stairs I noticed a strange smell, and that our door to the basement had a light shinning through he bottom. * I thought thats weird* well the door bell is still going like crazy... THEN I hear the fire alarm... I hadn't been able to hear it cause it was the one in the basement. I get to the door no longer worried that it might be somebody we don't know... I open it and see the lady who lives down stairs, she is frantic and started yelling for me to wake the house... there is a fire in the basement!!!.... I'm like whoa!! I dash up stairs yelling for everybody to wake up and Get out of the house!! Deb come out and was like what?? I kept yelling as i went to moms room and got he up... I told everybody there was a fire in the basement. I was in skimpy short and I had pant hanging on the chair so I grabbed them.. I was changing and putting on my shoes at the same time, while grabbing my pets and purse and camera*they were attached* my cell as already on me... I finally got April outa the cage *she is sick again*.. and handed her to Laura and we all ran back down the stairs... by then the smoke was pretty bad... my throat is still sore and stinging. anyway.. everybody got outside... we stayed on the porch which is concrete * are we dumb or what?* Erin had already called 911 and they were there by the time we were all outside. We put all three pets in the car and went back to the porch. we had a total of 4 fire trucks, 1 ambulance, 1 salvation army truck and countless volunteer firemen and police. they blocked off the entire neighborhood. They went into the basement through the side door and came out saying that it was the gas furnace they pulled the water hose down into the basement.. we were like man everything down there is going to be a lost cause once they get everything wet. They called a gas company person and he came within minutes. The firemen went through our whole hose and almost broke down the door to the second level form the basement cause they thought it was stuck I followed a firemen inside and un locked it for them... at one time I counted 17 firemen, they were in and outa the house and like crazy.. they brought alot of weird stuff down stairs and turned off the electricity and gas. * they had us call Andy (our landlord) they told him to come* so ya we sat outside kinda freezing and just wondering what was going on. Andy get there 20 min later and was told the whole deal..he then came over and explained to us. The furnace was over 900 degrees and was about to blow!! all the fireman shook their head in ahh.. they all said this place should have blown up. * we just looked at them with or jaws dropped* ( I head one volunteer guy say that we had a protector looking out for us) * it was said in an under tone but I agreed 100%... We were so stupid for not getting outa the house faster and NOT leaving the porch. *hopefully wont happen again* Erin saved our lives last night, we owe her our gratitude and appreciation for not giving up on us getting to the door.... If it hadn't been for Erin we would have gone up.. she was taking a bath and heard the fire alarm in the basement before smelling the smoke... * the rest is history* in total the fire started around 12am, and we had to stay outside with ALL the firemen and others till past 1:30am * we still worked at 4am* (got up late and almost missed work). The salvation army truck brought hot chocolate and donuts to all the firemen people and us. they gave to blankets to Brittney, and Karen. We got the pets back outa the car and headed back to bed. they turned off our gas till today.. er tonight cause the furnace is toast *of course* They didn't use water, they used some kinda chemical that absorbs... so we were left with a clean area, and lots of vents and windows in the basement open. I got some pictures but nothing, from downstairs. We really dragged at work today, we had no energy and so personality for jokes, we told everybody about our rough night and we were able to come home at 10am. I came home and crashed for 3 hours. I worked on a co-worker tonight so I made some money. our gas is getting turn back on as I write this its about 9:50pm. so ya... we get warm showers for the morning! umm well thats about all the news I have. I've left a few holes in the retelling of the story but there was just to much going on to pay attention to anything. I'm tired and need to hit the hay. *Love to All* Dream Sweet ~Julie Ann!~ Take Care and God Bless!!!
Last night we all headed to bed around 10:30pm and me 11:30pm. Karen and Brittney went to bed even earlier cause they have finals in the morning. Anyway I was actually asleep when the dog started barking like a crazy thing!! I told her to stop but she didn't listen! THEN I heard the door bell going off like crazy!!! I mean it wasn't stopping! I was like whoa.. who could it be! I knew we were all in bed sleeping. As I came out my door Laura came out hers! we were like I'm not going alone so we went together. as I went down stairs I noticed a strange smell, and that our door to the basement had a light shinning through he bottom. * I thought thats weird* well the door bell is still going like crazy... THEN I hear the fire alarm... I hadn't been able to hear it cause it was the one in the basement. I get to the door no longer worried that it might be somebody we don't know... I open it and see the lady who lives down stairs, she is frantic and started yelling for me to wake the house... there is a fire in the basement!!!.... I'm like whoa!! I dash up stairs yelling for everybody to wake up and Get out of the house!! Deb come out and was like what?? I kept yelling as i went to moms room and got he up... I told everybody there was a fire in the basement. I was in skimpy short and I had pant hanging on the chair so I grabbed them.. I was changing and putting on my shoes at the same time, while grabbing my pets and purse and camera*they were attached* my cell as already on me... I finally got April outa the cage *she is sick again*.. and handed her to Laura and we all ran back down the stairs... by then the smoke was pretty bad... my throat is still sore and stinging. anyway.. everybody got outside... we stayed on the porch which is concrete * are we dumb or what?* Erin had already called 911 and they were there by the time we were all outside. We put all three pets in the car and went back to the porch. we had a total of 4 fire trucks, 1 ambulance, 1 salvation army truck and countless volunteer firemen and police. they blocked off the entire neighborhood. They went into the basement through the side door and came out saying that it was the gas furnace they pulled the water hose down into the basement.. we were like man everything down there is going to be a lost cause once they get everything wet. They called a gas company person and he came within minutes. The firemen went through our whole hose and almost broke down the door to the second level form the basement cause they thought it was stuck I followed a firemen inside and un locked it for them... at one time I counted 17 firemen, they were in and outa the house and like crazy.. they brought alot of weird stuff down stairs and turned off the electricity and gas. * they had us call Andy (our landlord) they told him to come* so ya we sat outside kinda freezing and just wondering what was going on. Andy get there 20 min later and was told the whole deal..he then came over and explained to us. The furnace was over 900 degrees and was about to blow!! all the fireman shook their head in ahh.. they all said this place should have blown up. * we just looked at them with or jaws dropped* ( I head one volunteer guy say that we had a protector looking out for us) * it was said in an under tone but I agreed 100%... We were so stupid for not getting outa the house faster and NOT leaving the porch. *hopefully wont happen again* Erin saved our lives last night, we owe her our gratitude and appreciation for not giving up on us getting to the door.... If it hadn't been for Erin we would have gone up.. she was taking a bath and heard the fire alarm in the basement before smelling the smoke... * the rest is history* in total the fire started around 12am, and we had to stay outside with ALL the firemen and others till past 1:30am * we still worked at 4am* (got up late and almost missed work). The salvation army truck brought hot chocolate and donuts to all the firemen people and us. they gave to blankets to Brittney, and Karen. We got the pets back outa the car and headed back to bed. they turned off our gas till today.. er tonight cause the furnace is toast *of course* They didn't use water, they used some kinda chemical that absorbs... so we were left with a clean area, and lots of vents and windows in the basement open. I got some pictures but nothing, from downstairs. We really dragged at work today, we had no energy and so personality for jokes, we told everybody about our rough night and we were able to come home at 10am. I came home and crashed for 3 hours. I worked on a co-worker tonight so I made some money. our gas is getting turn back on as I write this its about 9:50pm. so ya... we get warm showers for the morning! umm well thats about all the news I have. I've left a few holes in the retelling of the story but there was just to much going on to pay attention to anything. I'm tired and need to hit the hay. *Love to All* Dream Sweet ~Julie Ann!~ Take Care and God Bless!!!
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