Today I was supposed to be working on my novel AND some articles I have due. I slept in, because I’m still feeling sick with a sore throat. I helped my son with his homework, and then when I sat down to write … that’s when I heard the smoke alarm.
Turns out my grandma (who also lives with us) put a tortilla in the toaster oven. Somehow it caught on fire and shot a two-foot flame out!
My grandma called, “Fire! Fire!” The fire alarm was WAILING!
My 14-year-old daughter was in the next room practicing her piano. Leslie jumped up and used the fire extinguisher to put out the flames.
Then … My 17-year-old was leaving for his classes (he takes some classes at the college). He was so shook up that when he back out of the driveway he didn’t notice his uncle’s car parked in the driveway behind his. CRASH! (My brother-in-law is living with us for a few weeks because he just got a job in town. The car was just dropped off this morning by the moving company.)
Thankfully, the cars hit bumper to bumper. My brother-in-law’s car has a 3-inch scratch. My son’s bumper has a HUGE hole in it.
Sigh, a day in the life of a Christian author!
Oh my goodness! So glad everyone is okay. Sorry about the burned cupboard. :-/
Cupboards can be fixed, I’m so glad my grammy or kids weren’t hurt.
How wierd am I, what’s the first thing I do??? BLOG about it!
OH NO! That’s awful! What a horrible morning. I’m glad nobody was hurt.
This morning I was just reading about praising God IN all things.
I’m praising Him that no one was hurt and that He put Leslie down there to practice–she’s usually upstairs doing her homework during this time.
Glad everyone is OK! And really, what else is a writer supposed to do besides write about it?
Glad to hear that no one was hurt, but geez! What a morning for you!
Time to go back to bed.L
The things we and our families do to give us fodder for our stories! LOL
So glad everyone is okay! I literally melted a pot on the stove one day. It was a ceramic stovetop (keyword: WAS), and I’d put on a pot of beans. I had worked all night and took a nap, totally forgetting about the beans. I woke up because my cat was standing on my chest SCREAMING. The room was full of smoke. I am so lucky to have had a pet in the house at the time. I’m sure he saved my life.
God takes care of us–even the cooking-challenged!