Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Smoke means fire!

Two sweet neighbor kids came to my door yesterday to see if Benson could play.  I hurriedly put his swim clothes on and put some meatballs and marinara in a pot on the stove to heat for dinner.  Benson had a blast playing on a slip and slide and I enjoyed some adult interaction.  Mitch came home and walked over and talked to us.  After a few minutes we decided it was time to go and eat dinner and play time was over.

As soon as Mitch opened the door, smoke started billowing out!  It was dark and hard to breath in the house and Benson started to cry because it was scary and his parents were running around like crazy people trying to stop the smoke.  The meatballs were burning and filling our house with stinky smoke.  It took about 20 minutes to be able to even go in the house without choking on smoke!

We now are fighting the smell that lodged itself into all of our cupboards, closets, pillows, and clothes.  I certainly made a mess for us!  I have learned my lesson with meatballs.  They cannot be left alone at least not under my care!

Check out some photos of the mess.

It's normally NOT this dark in house in the middle of the day!

Can you see you little boy in this photo?


Gross.  

PS.  My fantastic husband took care of the pan and all of the stove top mess.  

2 comments:

Becca Jo said...

there is something called an ozoneator or something like that. you can rent them at home depot or someplace like that. it really works. this same thing happened to my inlaws and that's what they did for the smell. I can ask them where they got it for sure if you need me too.

mitch and amy said...

I've been reading about that this morning. I'm going to try the vinegar and lemon tricks first. Some of the comments say that the ozoneator can be toxic and you have to stay out of the house while it's working. I just don't want to take the chances while I'm growing a child.