josh ran into a burning house today. he was driving back to the paint shop where he works, when he noticed some smoke curling up from the attic of a house on our street. he and another man pulled up to the curb and got out. josh called 911, and started knocking on the door. after a few moments with no reply, the other man kicked down the front door of the house. he and josh both went inside to see if anyone was there and possibly needed help getting out of the house. no one was home, and one of the back bedrooms was on fire, as well as a structure in the backyard (that's where the fire originated, it turns out). after making sure the house was empty, josh and the other man went to the nextdoor neighbors on either side to tell them to get out, because they saw that the fire was spreading to those houses. kids were home at both houses, and they all piled into the front yards. the fire department arrived, and josh headed back to work, after giving his coat and gloves to a young girl who'd evacuated her house in a short-sleeved t-shirt.

so, needless to say, josh had an out-of-the-ordinary afternoon! i did, too, though not nearly as eventful as his. samantha, lina's mom, came to pick lina up early today, because her grandmother had come into town. so the kids and i went grocery shopping, and had a good time getting out of the house, despite the cold. josh was home from work when we got back, so we put away groceries, i fed rowan some supper (tomatoes and cheddar cheese), and got out all the fixings for more homemade pizzas. josh had cheese, pineapple and olives, i had cheese, pineapple and canadian bacon, and micah moon had just sauce and cheese. tonight's pizzas came out way better than the other night. i think because we exercised a little bit more self-control when it came to the cheese. : )

josh will be in galveston this weekend, helping to move some things for his dad's wife's mom and grandmother, whose home was destroyed by hurricane ike in september '08. they now live in rowlett, near josh's dad. so the weekend will be a quiet one for me and the kids. we've got a birthday party to go to tomorrow, then we'll probably spend the evening with my dad and stepmom. sunday morning we'll go to church, then go out to rowlett to visit josh's grandma for a little while. monday night, after josh gets home from work, i've planned another get-away night at my dad's to watch the two 24 episodes he has recorded. i can't wait. : )