Ummm...Kathy, I set the house on fire.

I looked at Mike, disbelieving what I had just heard him say. Arching my brow, I said, "What?" I thought I had misheard him. He chuckled a little. "I really did!" he insisted. "I did it with the heat gun." How could he have done it with the heat gun? It didn't make sense. He must be joking. We had been using a heat gun to remove all the "alligator" paint for weeks. We only 3 feet to go on the entire house. However, he insisted he was telling the truth. He shared that he was in the last few feet of the trim and suddenly flames shot up. He immediately got the hose and hosed it down several times, testing the wood between each time. He detailed how he took out the old, rotten wood which had been the problem. For a while, I felt a little unnerved and kept sniffing periodically to see if I smelled smoke. It was already dark outside. Minutes passed by and no smoke or flames and I was finally able to relax. Ah, well. Another adventure to share.

Take a deep breath and blow out slowly...

This has been quite a week! Between work, home and politics, never a dull moment. Blogging, setting up a work blog, painting the house after work, preparing for a workshop, attending webinars, arranging photo ops, and dealing with an unexpected fire...time has flown by.

The first thing I had to tackle on Monday morning was finding replacement drawing prizes for the library. The restaurant that had donated meal certificates burnt out on Sunday. As they say...I hit the floor running. A thought occured to call a new restaurant in town that hadn't opened yet. After a several phone calls, I got a number for them. Eureka! They pitched in to help us out. Answer to prayer.