So, I headed back from my parents' house today, and went straight to the stables to pick up the kids after their lesson. While I was there I showed off the Halloween costumes a little, and picked a large bunch of nettles. I wanted to get more before it got too cold; I heard on the news that western Massachusetts might get some snow!
When we all got home, I opened the door to a very strange chirping sound. Then came the electronic voice, "Warning! Carbon monoxide detected! Warning!"
Great.
I made the kids stand on the sidewalk and called 911. The firefighters couldn't have been nicer. As soon as they had a few normal CO readings, they let us in, and they checked everything. They even had me crank the thermostat up to make sure the boiler was OK. We decided the detector either needed new batteries or had gotten dust in it or something.
When that adventure was over, my husband came home and we all had to drive to Home Depot to get some supplies for a science project. That meant we couldn't have the nettles for dinner because it would be way too late by the time we got home. I had, however, blanched them by that point so I froze slightly more than half and, once we did get home, made a batch of the nettle potato soup for tomorrow. We can just heat it up. Tomorrow is the last farm share distribution, too. That makes me sad, but we can look forward to next year, right?
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