Well that settles it! You have a spook of some sort in your house! A Poltergeist or some such troublemaker that has promised to cause your family devilment and making it impossible to solve the problem until it gets tired of playing with you! I bet it do make ya wonder sometimes. LOL Okie zone 7a aka " Ranchmama " ************************************ ----- Original Message ----- From: "penny x stamm" <pennyx1@Juno.com> > Hi, Ranchmama, I'm very happy to hear your advice about > tree roots, but thank heavens that is not our problem. When we > tore out all the landscaping about 15 years ago, we replanted with > a walk-behind space between the shrubs and the house. Also, > the basement is half above ground level, and its walls are > entirely made of building blocks, covered with cement. The > clapboard siding does not begin anywhere near the ground.