Late Notice

I didn't write today's post last night for a handful of reasons:

1. When we turned on the stove to make dinner (for the first time since moving here) the smell of gas was so overwhelming it drove us out of the house for a solid two hours.
2. I had a Stake Young Women meeting.
3. We had a massive thunderstorm which caused the power (and the internet) to go out.

I've been too busy today to sit down and write, so I'm finally doing today's post when I normally would be writing tomorrow's post.

The storm was actually quite nice, aside from Peter being terrified of thunder. We slept with the windows open (only a few inches and with blockades so they couldn't be opened anymore) and by the time we woke up our house was lovely and cool. In fact, we haven't had the AC on at all today. It is much warmer now than it was when we woke up, but it's cooling off again.

We called the gas company and told them about the smell and the fact that our water heater won't stay lit. They sent someone out to check. The boys and I played outside while the fellow was here. Bryan's brother Spencer took one for the team and stayed inside with the man checking the gas. I mostly didn't want to blow up. Apparently we had air in the line (which was our theory) but it is now gone. The stove worked when he was here, but the water heater still wouldn't stay lit. Apparently the thermal couple is bad and needs to be replaced.

Better than a gas leak, eh?