We have a smoke alarm right off of my kitchen that goes off if I boil water! The noise is horrible and it takes a lot of fanning and opening doors to the outside to get it to shut up. We keep a feather duster close, to fan away the smoke and steam so the alarm will stop screaming at us. When using the stove (which is clean, by the way) I have to run the exaust fan to prevent the alarm from reacting.
Today, we were two rooms away in our office, with the door shut to keep the room warm, and we heard BEEP....BEEP....BEEP. We looked at each other for a second, got up and RAN to the dining room.....when there was a fire.
I had made a grunge candle last night. (You take a candle, roll it in melted wax and then in spices and crushed potpourri. Then, you roll it in wax again, to seal the spices in.)
My husband lit the candle this morning. He lights candles every morning, but it's usually a jar candle.
We had issues with our printer and went into the office to chat with Kodak, when we heard the warning.
When we arrived in the dining room, there was a circle of fire on the tabletop....about 12" round. I had a cotton quilted tablecloth on it and it was burning, as was the edges of two $20.00 bills. The candle had melted a lot, taking with the wax, a layer of spices and potpourri. The candleholder was like a cup with a small indention for the candle. The cup had filled up and when it spilled over the sides, it was so hot that the wax was burning and caught the tablecloth on fire. . The candle was still 6" tall. I don't know if it was the wax, or the mixture I made, but I will never burn anything but a jar candle again.
We grabbed things off of the table, removed the burned cloth and our oak table was burned.
I am still shaking. I don't mean to sound dramatic....but it's the what if's that are going through my head. The straps of my purse...a cotton, quilted Vera Bradley type, was one inch from the circle of flames. A kerosene lamp was on the table. What if the fire had been out of control by the time we heard the beep?
The statement IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE is definitely in the front of our minds and we have repeated it to each other several times. I hope God isn't getting tired of me saying "Thank You God", because it is my mantra, at the moment.
I PROMISE BEFORE GOD AND ALL MANKIND....TO NEVER, EVER COMPLAIN ABOUT THE NOISE THAT COMES FROM OUR FIRE ALARM....EVER.
Today, we were two rooms away in our office, with the door shut to keep the room warm, and we heard BEEP....BEEP....BEEP. We looked at each other for a second, got up and RAN to the dining room.....when there was a fire.
I had made a grunge candle last night. (You take a candle, roll it in melted wax and then in spices and crushed potpourri. Then, you roll it in wax again, to seal the spices in.)
My husband lit the candle this morning. He lights candles every morning, but it's usually a jar candle.
We had issues with our printer and went into the office to chat with Kodak, when we heard the warning.
When we arrived in the dining room, there was a circle of fire on the tabletop....about 12" round. I had a cotton quilted tablecloth on it and it was burning, as was the edges of two $20.00 bills. The candle had melted a lot, taking with the wax, a layer of spices and potpourri. The candleholder was like a cup with a small indention for the candle. The cup had filled up and when it spilled over the sides, it was so hot that the wax was burning and caught the tablecloth on fire. . The candle was still 6" tall. I don't know if it was the wax, or the mixture I made, but I will never burn anything but a jar candle again.
We grabbed things off of the table, removed the burned cloth and our oak table was burned.
I am still shaking. I don't mean to sound dramatic....but it's the what if's that are going through my head. The straps of my purse...a cotton, quilted Vera Bradley type, was one inch from the circle of flames. A kerosene lamp was on the table. What if the fire had been out of control by the time we heard the beep?
The statement IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE is definitely in the front of our minds and we have repeated it to each other several times. I hope God isn't getting tired of me saying "Thank You God", because it is my mantra, at the moment.
I PROMISE BEFORE GOD AND ALL MANKIND....TO NEVER, EVER COMPLAIN ABOUT THE NOISE THAT COMES FROM OUR FIRE ALARM....EVER.
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