Oh Lord Jesus it's a fire!

I used to always see the phrase, "Ain't nobody got time for that".  I had no idea where it came from until my sisters showed me the interview with Sweet Brown after her apartment complex caught on fire.  I think she is so stinkin' adorable.

The only thing that would have made this story better would be if EJ had gotten up to "get him a cold pop" when he discovered the fire.

Here is the story...

One of the ways my Man blesses me is with a little extra help around the house.  It was his idea and he organized it all.  Two times a month, this house gets a deep cleaning by two sweet and very professional women.  They have been fantastic and their company has too.

On the days they clean I take my four little people and get out of the house.  It is such an incredible gift to come home on those days.  The house looks amazing and I know that the toilets are clean. 

Come on, we all like clean toilets.

When it was house cleaning day, I loaded up my crew and we headed out.

Mid-morning I received a call from the cleaning company.  They informed me that the power was out and the ladies couldn't open and close the garage door to leave.  I instructed them to exit out a back door and I would have EJ stop by home and secure the house.

I called EJ and he agreed to swing by the house.

On that day, the gals did their usual bang up job of cleaning but with one exception.  Without realizing it someone accidentally turned on the grill feature of my stove top.

But the power was out.

So it went unnoticed.

Then, shortly after they left, the power came back on.

That was when the fire started.

I give you an eye witness accounted.  EJ, take it away...

"I walked in the house to lock the door and I heard the whirrr of the downdraft on the cook top, I pulled off the cover we have on the cook top and flames flew up from the butcher block that covers the grill.  I threw the block on the floor and the grill was flaming also.  That's when I realized that the butcher block was on fire and on my hardwood floor.  I quickly turned the grill off, which turned the downdraft off, and then grabbed the block and put it in the fireplace and opened the flew to let the smoke out.  Then I went back to the kitchen and turned back on the downdraft to suck the smoke out because the grill was still on fire.  As you can see the actual metal grate above the heating element was melted away!!!"

 

 

 

The bad news: the stove top was ruined.

 

The good news: it wasn't any worse!  No one was hurt and our house was still standing.  Praise God!

 

Also, the cleaning company's insurance company took care of the damage and my 1980s stove got a serious upgrade.

 

Two weeks without a stove top was no fun but this beauty made up for it.

 

 

I asked EJ where the butcher block was to go over the grill on this new stove.  His answer, "they banned them." 

 

I guess that makes sense.

 

It could be a fire hazard.

 

Ain't nobody got time for that!