Today I picked my wife up from work, and then the two of us, plus Abbey went to Dinner with my mom. Well, we left early because Abbey was feeling sick. We went home, and as soon as we opened the door...YUCK! There was a strong smell in the foyer, almost a strong insecticide/gas/paint/I-don't-know-what-smell. We looked around for an hour or so, but couldn't find the source. It was mostly toward the front of the house. At this point, Abbey was getting more sick, and we were getting light-headed, so we called my in-laws to come get her, and drove to the fire station to get some advice.
The fire captain and a couple of his guys came to the house and agreed- yup, there is a smell. They couldn't find the source, but they were concerned about it being from a flammable source or that it might otherwise be toxic, so they called...
THE HAZMAT TEAM
No, they didn't show up in the cool hooded jumpers like in E.T., but they did have cool "sniffing" gadgets. They too agreed there was a smell, but their sniffing gadgets couldn't tell them what it was, only that it isn't flammable. They couldn't guarantee it wasn't harmful, but thought it might not be. They recommended we not sleep there tonight, run the air conditioning, and check it tomorrow. If the smell isn't gone, there are people in the phone book that handle this kind of stuff.
"Smell Busters", I guess.
It figures. Earlier in the day, someone indicated to Shanna that they would be willing to support us in ministry. Then this happens. We can't let the devil steal our joy. God is Good. All the time.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
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Check for a dead animal in the attic. Our next door neighbors went through this in FL....found a squirrel and had to remove all of the insulation affected by him.
James
Good suggestion from Council. Could just be Jim's dirty socks...
Insults from anonymous people? Coward!
You're probably right, though.
If I wasn't concerned about it being something electrical (as suggested by the firemen) I wouldn't be as concerned. I am at the house now, and it's not nearly as bad. We are running some fans and will probably stay out one more night and then see how it is.
Todya I was reading a Clifford book to one of my students and the story was about "Stinky the Ghost Skunk". Maybe Stinky paid you a visit... :)
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