Juel's Journal

She Freaked Me Out!

I hope everyone had a good weekend, we sure did. :) We took the girls to get their hair cut yesterday - they went through this book and picked out their own cuts, and it surprised me that they chose such short ones. I like them though, they're so much easier to take care of, and no tangles! Yay! Dummy that I am though, even while I had my camera right with me all day yesterday, I didn't get one photo of them with their new 'do's'.

When we got home, I found some strange things happening. (Hear the song?)
The Barbie stove which had made all that racket back when Midge was dying, we'd put on the porch, remember? No more noises from it after Midge passed away, not a peep - well it's at it again. Constant beeping since yesterday evening when we got home, it's still doing it this morning. One monotonous beep after the other. Then I went into the bathroom, and the hot water was on in the bathtub. Just enough to stream, and use up all the hot water. I know that wasn't on before we left. I check for that stuff. Obsessive compulsive.. are the lights out, coffee pot off, water dripping, windows closed, doors locked.
Uh huh.

Something else was off kilter too, but I can't recall now what it was...then this morning, Mallory put the frosting on the cake.. talk about freaking me out. She didn't know I was watching her.. she was standing in the den at the stairs, and she was just bouncing around, squirming watching tv, Mallory style, slinging her backpack back and forth and she just suddenly looked into the kitchen, past me, towards the hall. The expression on her face sent chills down my spine, I didn't say anything right away, I just watched her, and yes, I admit I really didn't want to turn my head to see what she was looking at behind me, but that expression on her face forced me to look, but I didn't see a thing. She was standing there staring, stock still, with huge eyes and I said Okay Mallory, what's wrong, what are you looking at? Nothing! She answered me quickly, so I knew she wasn't in one of those staring seizures you hear about. I said nothing my eye, what are you staring at like that? She said Mammy there's something in the bathroom. I said Now Mallory you can't possibly see in the bathroom from there.. maybe down the hall a little but not in that bathroom. She said no, I can't see in the bathroom, but I can see the light and I saw the light move. I'm supposing she saw a shadow in the hall of something that moved in the bathroom. That's what she was describing anyway. I looked, but there's nothing in there...Fudge is on the porch. So yeah, turned on hot water in the tub yesterday, the Barbie stove at it again.. Mal seeing moving light.. Yeah.. that was enough to give me the creeps this morning. What's coming now?

She further informed me that she's not going in that bathroom alone again.

(Me either, Mallory.. me either.)

We went to Mom's for a while yesterday evening...but I only took one picture. I don't know why I was so stingy with the picture taking this weekend.. I usually keep the camera in my hand.. I guess I was just busy or something. Anyway, the only photo I got was one of Dad at the kitchen table.

We took a ride out to Laurel Lake yesterday afternoon. The lake isn't frozen, but the river looks like a solid sheet of ice. I didn't get any river shots, but I got a couple of photos at the lake...

Doesn't that look cold? *shivers* Come on Spring! This has been one heck of a long winter.

Have a good day everyone! Stay warm!

Posted by juel at February 12, 2007 08:21 AM