Duane & I were reading the paper, drinking coffee, watching the news....when Madi decided to take a shower. All good, U N T I L ...she turned the fan on & then we smelled smoke...& then there WAS SMOKE!!! So Duane went up stairs & I stayed down. I didnt hear anything from him & so I hollered up & said everything ok? And HE said...call the fire department! WHAT?!!! REALLY!!?!! NO KIDDING?!!??!! OK...THEN 911!!!! We figured that the insulation above the fan in the hall bath had caught on fire & the attic was about to go up....WHAT DO YOU DO? WHAT DO YOU SAVE 1ST?!! OH MY GOSH...THE HOUSE IS TRASHED & PEOPLE ARE COMING!!!! WHAT THE HECK AM I WEARING!?!? (ok, these are all important...really!) Madison...get all of those dirty dishes out of your room for petes sake!!! And so what did I do? GRABBED THE CAMERA OF COURSE!!! ...just keeping it real!
Duane checking the fan.
I've got men in uniform...IN MY BEDROOM!
And more at the door....
Duane showing the firemen what to do! He's such a control freak. ; ) (thank goodness!)
Hey...we've got lots of room up here! I could use the storage space!
WOW!! THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT SHOWED UP!
If you look real close, I bet you could see the neighbors peeking out!
Really...Did you all have to come? How many of you are getting out of your "honey do" lists at home?!?! Bet you're going for coffee after arent you!?! SMART MEN! ; )
But really...its nice to know that so many would show up. Oh, we are in a "township" so these guys are all volunteer...so we werent really sure what the response time would be. IT WAS MINUTES! One of the guys lives here in the neighborhood!!
"So anyone for breakfast?" "Yep, I'm free until the game".
One of them even left church to come.
The one woman in the group knew the importance of posing for the blog!!
When the rest of them just thought I was a crazy woman with a camera! BUT HEY...
I GOT IT ON "FILM" for POSTERITY...SO THERE!
All of this craziness...& for what?!?! Bathroom fan? nope.
It was the furnace. Something about ball bearings...I'm not sure, you'll have to ask Duane...I was working on my blog post by then. Which by the way, took longer to put together, than the entire time...THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS HERE!!!
Enjoy your quiet Sunday morning! ....but you better put on some makeup & change out of your 14 year old sweatshirt & pick up the house a little... you never know what may happen!
5 comments:
Wow, that was quite the "quiet" Sunday morning at home. SOOOO glad it wasn't anything worse than it was though. I started laughing about the part of grabbing the camera though b/c I was right there with ya! And the the "men in uniform in my bedroom.." that too was hilarious!
Thanks Tiff! We were pretty happy too! I had to steal a line from Pioneer woman tho...it just fit!
Wow, thats pretty crazy. I leave you people for one day and you set the house on fire :)
Glad that it turned out ok...Don't you just love volunteer fire depts? My dad was a volunteer fireman in our town (as were almost all males- town of maybe 500) so I can completely relate to the entire dept showing up. They live for those calls, and none of them would even think about not responding...
I love Morgan's comment...keep an eye on them people, would you Morgan? sheesh! :)
like I said on FB...I'm sure glad Duane was home!!!
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