Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Burnin' Down the House



All right, I had to pop in and share our moving stories from yesterday. We still haven't packed up the computer yet, so that should tell you something about how our day went. Started out all gung ho yesterday morning. My brother decided he couldn't come after all to help (won't go there). Our friends Robert and Cyndie came over to help and we did get a lot done, but we still had so much more. After they left, Mike was trying to move the freezer and ran over his toe. It's now two or three sizes bigger and he'll probably lose the nail--ouch!

Not 15 minutes later, I was working in the kitchen and I set the big bag of baking soda down on the stove top just right. Somehow it was enough to light the burner. Unfortunately, there was a bunch of stuff sitting on the stove and POOF--up in flames. I yelled for Austin to get Mike and he grabbed the fire extinguisher and put it out. It was plastic, so it smelled horrible and now I still have to clean up ash and fire extinguisher debris. Fun and games. Hoping for a better day today. Yes, I do have pics, but no time to load them on here.

6 comments:

Linda said...

Moving is always the pits. Even when you try to plan for everything. I'm glad that you didn't "burn down the house." We moved two months ago and I still can't find everything. UGH!!

Jena said...

Oh, no! I really dislike moving ;-P Hope today goes better for you!

AmethystCat said...

oh my gosh - what a memory to have. hopefully you'll laugh later but for now... bless your heart. Good luck with the rest of the process!

Alley said...

Thanks for sharing your story! I'll have to be careful with our move not to do that! I will take note and get an extiguisher. TFS

Anonymous said...

YOU WILL THINK BACK AT LAUGH AT ALL THESE DRAMAS! HOPE TODAY IS A BETTER DRAMA FREE DAY!

Marjorie said...

Oh my sounds like that was a crazy day!! Sorry to hear things didn't go very well :( I'm glad no one was hurt in the fire though, those can be scary! It'll make for a great story once things settle down though ^_~