A crazy Saturday in November

So the last full day that Cindy is here...She is returning to Florida on Sunday...

We started our day with a lovely breakfast an settled in to watch the South Carolina/Florida game.  (games start at 10:00 am here in Colorado).

I fell asleep during the 3rd quarter and when i woke up...I smelled something and looked out the front windows and saw a little wisp of smoke.  So i walked outside to check it out and see what was going on....When i got outside there were several other people, so i asked...and one person said I think its your place that is on fire.  I walked on around and looked up at our balcony/patio and sure enough...it was on fire.

I ran back inside screaming to Cindy..."It's us...we're on fire....we're on fire".  Cindy asked for a hose, but we don't have one or a place to hook it up.

So i grab the home phone and Bailey and head out of the house.
Cindy grabs......an armful of clothes...which she dropped on the floor in the living room and ran out of the house.

It's weird what you grab...neither of us took our purses, car keys, nothing....

I called 911 (i also think someone else had also called), then called Chris and told him the house was on fire and he needed to come home.  I don't think he really believed me at first - or couldn't register it - but he made it home in record time.

The fire department came (4 trucks) and got the fire put out.  It seems that the plastic rubbermaid storage shed on the patio caught on fire.  The fire investigator said he could not determine a cause of the fire.  It was a very scary afternoon!

Here are a couple of pictures.

The pictures are sideways...sorry...couldn't get them turned.

So Chris, Cindy, and I have been processing this awful experience.  It's amazing...things could have been so much worse...we were very lucky.

Oh, and we've told our landlord and have called our insurance....

Wow...it's like 8 hours later and we're still talking....so talk with everyone later!