Comments | mmnchua: I almost set my house on FIRE!!!

mmnchua

I almost set my house on FIRE!!!

May 18, 2006 12:36

My part time maid sacked me early last week and at such short notice, we have no choice but to do the chores ourselves. Hubby volunteered to mop the floor while I iron the clothings (in fact I prefer ironing to any other household chores); we have yet clean the toilets (mainly shower areas) though ( Read more... )

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bbhome May 18 2006, 05:36:10 UTC

that was a scary thought. there have been times when we forget to turn off the stove after cooking because the fire was so small no one noticed.

mmnchua May 18 2006, 06:10:54 UTC

I am always so paranoid that I will double check switches, stove etc before departing the house, but somehow I overlooked the iron last Sat, scary man! I will be homeless now if the unthinkable happens.

wombat76 May 18 2006, 06:20:21 UTC

my iron has an safety feature whereby it auto shuts after 10 min if there is no movement. may be useful for you...

mmnchua May 18 2006, 07:52:32 UTC

Perhaps I should consider buying one that has a safety feature, cannot rely just on human being ie ME who is forever so forgetful :(

jinsiew May 18 2006, 07:23:45 UTC

wah liao...that is scary!! thank goodness nothing major happened!!

mmnchua May 18 2006, 07:32:19 UTC

I am really grateful that nothing happened, whats more the iron was on high power!

I am jotting this incident as a PERMANENT reminder to unplug (not just switch off) the iron immediately when I am done with my ironing.

jinsiew May 18 2006, 07:33:56 UTC

unplug and pack away hehehe..but when you are rushing with thousand and one things on your mind you have to do...it is so easy to overlook the simple tasks...

mmnchua May 18 2006, 07:53:45 UTC

I agree, so as Joann propose, maybe I should also get one with safety feature whereby it will auto shut off in x mins if not attended to.

mummywendy May 18 2006, 08:14:52 UTC

I HATE ironing the most! would prefer those clothes don't need to ironing at all... hahaa.. lazy me.
before I read on I thot your part-timer is the one who almost set the 'fire'... oops.
glad that everything is fine :)

mmnchua May 18 2006, 09:18:07 UTC

I am very particular about how my clothes (especially my hubby's biz shirts) are being ironed. Everytime I change the part time maid, I would have to do a demonstration!

Ya, am I glad nothing happens!

sonday May 19 2006, 03:04:09 UTC

wow, close call!
don't say you, sometimes my helper also forgets! So this reminds us to be more aware and careful.

mmnchua May 19 2006, 05:10:24 UTC

Yes very close shave! *heart still pumping hard whenever I think of it*