house fire

(please remember these two things: 1. Lucas made a wonderful lasagna on Saturday. However, it dripped all over the bottom of the oven. 2. We have a very sensitive smoke detector. Our joke is that whenever it goes off we say "don't worry, nothing's on fire!)

This afternoon, I decided to make apple cake. It's an easy recipe, so I thought I'd be able to whip it together quickly. I set my oven to 350, started dicing apples and stirring in the ingredients, when my oven started making a funny beep, and the display read "F-2". I opened the oven. It let out a billow of smoke and then I saw a small, but real, flame of fire. Quickly I shut the door.

Amazing how much stuff goes through your head in a mere few seconds

• Do I call 911?
• Do I use my fire extinguisher: PASS (pull, aim, squeeze, sweep)?
• Is my fire extinguisher out of date?
• Do I RACE (Rescue, alarm, contain, escape)?
• Remember the Thanksgiving the oven caught fire in Tillamook... mom said "IT'S OUT!!" NOT "GET OUT!!"
• Baking Powder? Baking Soda? soda? powder? soda? powder?
• Yellow box? Red can? Yellow box? Red can?
• the smoke alarm is going off... and this time it's right!

Luckily I was baking, decided it was soda (it's good for everything) opened the oven and threw a handful in. (in all honesty, the fire probably would have gone out if I left the oven door closed, but I had a baby to protect.)

I now have a stinky house with a nasty burnt oven. But, at least I have a house, even if the oven stinks like burnt lasagna and baking soda!

As for my apple cake, it's safely baking in Kasi's oven.