This morning, as I was getting ready to go to work, I sat down on the couch and started chatting with Joi. This isn't normal, especially on a day when I am in a hurry to catch the bus. But, today, we were chatting. Joi was sitting against a heating pad because her lower back was hurting. As we were chatting, she leaned forward for a minute and a huge puff of white smoke drifted from her back. I quickly pulled her forward and away from the heating pad. She stood up and flames burst out. The heating pad had caught fire! It burned a little of our couch before I was able to get the pad up and put out. I checked Joi's back to make sure she wasn't on fire. A bit singed, but no flames. Whew! My wife almost went up in flames. Not good! Weird, weird days! Now I'm keeping an extra cautious eye on Garrison and Gage, who are the only two not yet affected.
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Weird Days
If you've been reading my blog regularly...you'll remember the story of the basketball that tried to kill me. Well, it gets stranger. Yesterday evening, after bedtime, Gavin started screaming crying from his bedroom. His crying over the occasional bonked head or fistfight with his brothers is pretty common, so Joi and I weren't exactly quick in responding. When he said "Mommy, Daddy come here!"...I realized something must be up. He was putting away his nightly reading book when he stepped on a shard of glass (not sure where it came from). It impaled his foot and was a good 1/2 an inch long. So, I patched him up, put on a band-aid and put him back to bed. So, that's two down (me and Gavin).
This morning, as I was getting ready to go to work, I sat down on the couch and started chatting with Joi. This isn't normal, especially on a day when I am in a hurry to catch the bus. But, today, we were chatting. Joi was sitting against a heating pad because her lower back was hurting. As we were chatting, she leaned forward for a minute and a huge puff of white smoke drifted from her back. I quickly pulled her forward and away from the heating pad. She stood up and flames burst out. The heating pad had caught fire! It burned a little of our couch before I was able to get the pad up and put out. I checked Joi's back to make sure she wasn't on fire. A bit singed, but no flames. Whew! My wife almost went up in flames. Not good! Weird, weird days! Now I'm keeping an extra cautious eye on Garrison and Gage, who are the only two not yet affected.
This morning, as I was getting ready to go to work, I sat down on the couch and started chatting with Joi. This isn't normal, especially on a day when I am in a hurry to catch the bus. But, today, we were chatting. Joi was sitting against a heating pad because her lower back was hurting. As we were chatting, she leaned forward for a minute and a huge puff of white smoke drifted from her back. I quickly pulled her forward and away from the heating pad. She stood up and flames burst out. The heating pad had caught fire! It burned a little of our couch before I was able to get the pad up and put out. I checked Joi's back to make sure she wasn't on fire. A bit singed, but no flames. Whew! My wife almost went up in flames. Not good! Weird, weird days! Now I'm keeping an extra cautious eye on Garrison and Gage, who are the only two not yet affected.
6 comments:
It's a HEX!
If it comes in threes, it should be over with. When you replace the heating pad, make sure the label has the underwriter's lab symbol.
If you've angered your house elf (hob) you could try apologizing by leaving out some milk or some sweets overnight (Danish folklore.)
WOW! I did laugh a bit at this Chris... It is WEIRD!! AND the picture of Joi in FLAMES! OH MY GOSH! I will be PRAYING for YOU ALL!!
It does make for a FUN blog tho =)
It sounds to me like you're under attack, so I will pray extra protection for you all in the name of Jesus!
I am just glad you saved me! You are my hero! :)
It is funny how things like that happen in little clusters. I like the comment about the house elf, Glad your fall and Joi's incident with the heating pad were not as serious as they could of been. I will put in an extra prayer for you guys today to help keep you safe. Take care. :)
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