I really don't know why I'm telling this story!! It's very embarassing, but I think it will be fun to come back and read years down the road!
Last night I was cooking bbq chicken, so my mama (who I still have to call a hundred times a night when I'm cooking!) told me to cover the chicken before I put it in the oven so it would cook faster. So what did I do??? I got the lid that came with my glass casserole dish...the PLASTIC lid that came with my glass casserole dish...and covered the chicken!
The chicken had been in the oven for about ten or fifteen minutes when Michael started screaming, "Brooke! There's a fire in the oven!" Michael already had the oven open when I ran into the kitchen, and as I turned the corner, I saw the flames (thank the Lord they were only in the oven)!
The first thing I said was, "I am so stupid." Because that's when it finally dawned on me that I had actually put a plastic lid in the oven! What was I THINKING?!?
Michael put out the fire on the lid, but part of the plastic had fallen to the bottom of the oven and it was on fire, too. I told him to throw salt on it. As I was reaching into the cabinet to get the big container of salt, Michael grabbed the small salt shaker off the counter and started sprinkling salt on the fire! LOL!!! I started laughing SO hard!! I told him he wasn't like he was salting his food...that he was putting out a fire! So I gave him the big container of salt, and he poured it on there and put the fire out.
So cooking the chicken was put off for a little while, while the oven cooled. Michael was sweet enough to clean all the melted plastic out of the oven for me.
As completely dingy as it was for me to something like this (but unfortunately not suprising), at least we got a good laugh last night! But thank the Lord Michael was at home last night and in the kitchen when the fire started...if he hadn't been here, there's no telling how long it would've been before I knew what was going on!
Thankfully none of the plastic got on the chicken, so I put it right back in the oven --- covered with aluminum foil this time --- and later we enjoyed our meal! :-)
I found your blog when I was looking for your website!! I love this entry!! Something I might have done myself. I laughed so hard, especially about the salt. I've enjoyed reading about your precious family. It reminds me so much of my husband and I when Ismael worked all kinds of strange hours for Picayune PD, and our kids were little like yours. Wish I had been able to do this back then. Even if you miss a few months here or there, keep it up. It will mean the world to you and them, when you can look back at it all!
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