How stupid is that?

[kahnegabs]

I put some sugar water on the stove to boil for the hummers.

Then I forgot it.

I now have a nice pot full of carbon bubbles, and a house full of smoke.

What I don't understand is why not one of my many smoke alarms has gone off (city required me to add one to every room when I remodeled my bathroom)-- and yes I have changed their batteries.  In March

Comments

[cvirtue]

Oh my!

Maybe you could call your fire department and ask them if they have any ideas? I know the things wear out after about 10 years, or at least they used to, but yours being brand new and all... it's odd.

[kahnegabs]

It is!

[ppfuf]

Glad to hear you're ok. I find I forget stuff when I'm out of the kitchen, so I _try_ to remember to set a timer and put it in my pocket.
There is probabaly a button you can poke on the fire alarms to check the batteries, assuming you can reach it.

[kahnegabs]

I usually set the timer to go off. I was planning to be right there, but I stepped outside to do something and (oooh shiny)got distracted.

That happens far too often these days. I suppose I'm trying to do too many things at once. (That, or losing my mind. I try to believe it's the former, not the latter.)

[klwilliams]

Ugh. It could have been worse, though.

[kahnegabs]

Indeed! One time when I was about 27, I left a pot of eggs boiling on the stove, and left the house entirely. I remembered them about 30 miles away and came back as quickly as I could. The pot had melted, the aluminum and egg had become a heavy smoke with filled all but one room of the house. That required insurance and professional clean up. I got off easy this time. lol

[martianfencer]

Humph. You related that story before I had a chance to.

I remember there was one room in the house that had had the door closed, so we all camped out in there that night. Was it the workroom?

[kahnegabs]

Nope, the parental bedroom: The only room in the house that was generally closed.