A Noteworthy Week

 I have been slowly noticing things this past week and I find out that I'm not the only one. The house I live in has my entire family living in it as well. I moved in to the basement apartment to help my folks pay their mortgage and to help me after I lost my ass in a divorce, and my older Brother lives here as well. So, when our schedules allow us to cross paths we'll talk about something strange that has happened or we'll ask each other; "Were you banging on the floor at 3 in the morning last night"? or "Did you turn the coffee pot on"? Well lately, we've had much to share with each other.
 I can start by describing some very unusual ever-present sounds that come from my basement bathroom ceiling. I started taking the digital recorder in the bathroom with me and I actually caught some pretty amazing interactions. I may have already posted this event but I started noticing an increase in activity once this happened, so I think it's relevant to this topic.
 About a day later, I had an early day off from work and I heard my Brother shouting while he was showering in the upstairs bathroom. He was shouting out into the hallway for someone to cut off the water because he was being frozen and scalded. I don't need to explain that in some houses when a person cuts the water on in the kitchen, it will affect the water temperature in other parts of the house, right? Well, no one was using any water. The only water being use in the house at that time was the shower and once he realized that shower faucet mixer handle was actually turned to the cold side, I heard him react differently. He told me that he set the shower faucet knob (Water mixer/temp controller) back to a warm setting and within 2 minutes the faucet knob returned to the coldest setting. I didn't take it too serious at the time because I know that anything mechanical can act strange due to something we don't see, for example; hot water can make the copper expand among other metals or the faucet device could be failing but I have to say that this has never happened to me, my Daughters, my Nephew or my Brother since that one event. If some part was faulty, wouldn't this happen every time someone took a shower? I would say yes. Strange.
 The next unexplained event has happened many times but I didn't know that it has happened recently until talking with my Father. It was this past Sunday and we were riding together to go pick up a car part and we started talking about what happened to my Brother. Then he told me about how my Mother was calling his name as if there was a phone call for him in the house and when he responded to her, he heard nothing in return. My Father has a large garage where he works on his bike and it's in earshot to the house, maybe 50 yards away. Back when the activity was at it's peak, this type of audible phenomena would happen a lot so my Dad didn't make a big deal out of it. I don't think he cares about it anymore or he would have told me when it happened. I asked him on what day it happened and he said Tuesday, coincidentally the same day my Brother was frozen and scalded in the shower.
 When I got back home today, I spoke with my Mother and after she listened to me complain about work she asked, "Did you turn the coffee pot on this morning when you left for work"? I said, "No, why"? She said that when she woke up around 7:45am and came into the kitchen she smelled something burning and it was the coffee pot. This coffee pot is not set to any type of timer or alarm nor is it pre-made for the next morning. I saw the coffee pot, the bottom was blackened, there was no water in the pot and you could see the black stains everywhere on the coffee burner. There are 2 coffee pots on the counter and the one that started by itself isn't the coffee pot my parents normally use, so I think it's a little weird.
 So, I just want to add that there is a 'different' dynamic in the house than usual. It is calm compared to how the environment felt at the peak of the activity but I think senses are hightened due to recent events. The negativity level is no where near what it used to be, there are less fueds between family living so close together but these unexplained events are undeniable. I will keep updating with each new event, however small it may be.