Fire! Fire!... Fire!

Had a little emergency this morning.

Jen was making breakfast burritos - heating the tortillas in the toaster oven, when this one decided to catch fire.

I was a bit stunned at first watching the flames flicker out of the front of it as Jen tried to blow it out. Meanwhile the kitchen filled with smoke.

I grabbed a magazine to fan it, but realized it would do just that - fan it, so I took a deep breath and blew it out.

Then the smoke detectors started. Sounded like all the smoke detectors in the neighborhood going off. Gretchen howling didn't help.

We ran around opening windows as the smoke poured out.

If the coffee wasn't strong enough, the thought of the kitchen going up in flames certainly was.

- b