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Alaska Chronicle - December 2007

Home Sweet Home

December 30th 2007 17:28

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Ever notice that your home really does have its own essential odor that announces to you and the world that this is your domain. Your get home, open the door and blam; you’re inundated with the smell of the wet dog, lingering wisps of perfume, ongoing hobby projects, breakfast, old pizza, cigarette butts in ashtrays, the cat’s litter box, your incontinent Uncle Ralph, strong incense or dirty laundry. Some familiar scent will say, Welcome Home!

But what happens when your nose says; this ain’t right, where did that @#$%! odor come from?

Arriving home around 5:30am this Sunday morning after delivering Tisha to her job, I walked into our house from the garage into the kitchen and froze in stunned silence. Sniffing the air like a bloodhound onto something gamy, I tried to identify the culprit that had just savagely assaulted my olfactory senses. Whatever it was, it was so bad my eyes were watering and my ears started ringing. Foul it was then and foul it remained.

But, I could not locate the source of the offender. I emptied the garbage, did all the dishes in sight, ran the garbage disposal unit, rifled through the refridge and tossed out anything that might be sour or had more than a double layer of hair, checked the laundry for dead socks and just could not locate the source of that retched scent. Our house almost never smells (unless I'm burning up some dinner, but that's a given) because it usually has the pleasant scent of coffee and Jasmine.

Although the offending odor faded, it was troubling, was it something in the drain, all of the usual suspects were investigated and passed with flying colors. Finally, I decided it must have been the result of some inter-dimensional rift which allowed the odors of a kitchen from a parallel universe to leak into my space, or, maybe it originated elsewhere and followed me home like a stray duck.

Thankfully, my Home Sweet Home really is just that again. Am I the only person to experience this phenomenon? It was nearly paranormal in its weirdness.

Raven

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Comment by What's Your Story?

January 2nd 2008 12:04

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Big Day Plunge

Yikes! I wonder what that was. Better go and search for anything unusual lest that offensive odor pops up again!

Comment by tlcorbin

January 2nd 2008 12:19

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Well hello Toni, thanks for visiting. I never located the source, but my suspicions are now aimed at the basement gnomes. They're a nice couple, but mebbe one of their overly ripe road kill snacks was kept out on the counter to long. Sigh, it remains a mystery, but it is odd the dog I borrowed has started whining every time he goes by the basement stairs???? Raven

Comment by Tracy

January 6th 2008 21:58

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Hi Raven

I know just what you mean. There was an odour lurking in our place when we got back from holiday. Neither my husband nor mother-in-law could smell it but I could and I knew something was amiss.

I did all the things you did, plus I found a black banana and got rid of that, but the smell is still slightly lingering....don't know what it is, but I know it's there....

Tracy

Comment by tlcorbin

January 6th 2008 22:22

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Yup, it's an awww.. @#$%! inspiring event for sure Tracy. Raven

Comment by Kleonaptra

January 8th 2008 00:26

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Cant say Ive ever experienced that Raven, the overwealming scent of animal exudes from the house itself, Insence from my rooms. If its particularly strong, it means the cat brothers have had a pissing war....Even though they are desexed its the 'new age' way of doing it where they keep their balls but disconnect them. Alas, they still act like toms!

Comment by tlcorbin

January 8th 2008 02:25

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Yup, as a cat lover kleo, I know what they're like. Little bastards would get mad at me and crap in my shoes or pee on my pillow. Sigh, and then hide for a few days so that I'd feel sorry for them and not murder them on sight. The little cat-finks! Raven

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