It Finally Works

August 22, 2010
For the first time in six years of home ownership our back door finally works. It actually closes and has the potential to lock. I know, scary huh? But it wasn't the thought of getting robbed or mugged that finally convinced Jeff to fix the door. It was the crazy winds! We've had winds like this before but the door kept blowing open because the garage door was up. I guess Jeff didn't want to "let all the paid for air out" and got out his tools. I'll remind him that this happened three years ago in the middle of the night when I was nursing Pearl and about gave me a heart attack because I was certain someone had broken into our house to kill us. I could just "feel" something different... like the pressure in the house had changed suddenly. I crept around the corner and could see our curtains blowing and nearly screamed! But being the brave mom I was, wielding a knife in one hand, I walked slowly down the hallway (which seemed to get longer and longer with every step) only to find the door was open and the winds were howling. I swear it was one of the freakiest moments in my entire life! So I'm glad Jeff finally gave this 100 year old door (original to the house... got to give it a break with how crappy and worn out it looks in this picture) some attention! The only problem now is I still want to just pull it open instead of actually turning the knob. And we are totally paranoid that someone is going to accidentally lock it... because no one has a key to unlock it!