well you didn't mention that you leave the door open. I'm thinking you have a new breed of chickens, like disappearing or something. I know I could not get my pen built fast enough,seemed like every time I got started on it the world fell apart and I had to wait til next weekend to get back on...
well,depends on wether you believe in the paranormal.did the kids play games? are there kids? sounds crazy if they are in the house and now not. I dunno