....than having Chewlee spend the night and ending up with a stomach ache that is exacerbated by being kicked to death while trying to sleep. I finally picked my poor body out of bed and went into my computer room, laid down in my recliner and fell asleep. The stomach ache came and went. I never got my blog done yesterday (Sorry!) and was too tired to get up as early as I had hoped today.
But I have news. Yesterday we had the strangest thing happen. Our slow cooker (cleaned up and ready to be put away) was sitting on our cooktop. We weren't using it (neither the cooktop nor the slow cooker) and the Beast had just pushed it back to move it out of the way while we made our dinner in the oven.
Just about the time our dinner was through, the house suddenly started to fill with smoke and there was the smell of burning wiring. The Beast saw it was coming from the stove so he ran out into the garage and flipped off the switch that gave it power.
It seems the back burner (with the dial clearly in the *off* position) had miraculously turned itself on to a low but still very hot position. When the Beast had gone to the garage, I discovered it wasn't able to move (the dial) but as it was jiggled, it turned lower and lower in temperature. It just wouldn't turn OFF.
The poor slow cooker is trashed. When the Beast picked it up, a coil dropped out of the bottom from the area that had been *cooked*. We had strings of plastic from the slow cooker itself and the plug which was NOT plugged into anything.
The smell of melted plastic is just awful. Chewlee wanted to know when all the smoke was going to be OUT OF THE HOUSE! She, of course, blamed the Beast but, when told it was really a mystery, she just gave a hmmph! and left the room. It really IS a mystery how it turned itself on like that without anything touching the dial. The oven was on but all the controls for that are on the opposite side and they are all *touch* controls.
But here's the weird thing. After turning off the stove at the main box, when it was turned back on, it worked just fine. We weren't sure we would be able to get the stuff off the stovetop but, after working on it for a while today, the Beast got it all cleaned up and it looks as good as the day we got it. I have to admit, however, that I will be very wary of it in the future.
I've been watching the Harry Potter end series between yesterday and today. The last three are *dark* and I didn't let Chewlee watch them because she loves the Harry Potter movies but the last three are on the sad side. But I always like a good cry or two so that's what I've had. I didn't mean to miss putting up my blog for yesterday but, after listening to the Beast's tirade and just plain cussing while trying to shield Chewlee from the worst of it and still be helpful, I was exhausted. That's why both Chewlee AND I were in bed before 10pm.
Love you all. Hope you are keeping warm and dry. Be good. **Wink**
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