Kitchen Fire

ok so yesterday was an eventful day. It started out like any other Sunday. Elyssa and Dale were not feeling well so they stayed home but DJ and I went to church like usual. We got home and I had a really bad migraine so I took some meds and went to bed to try and sleep it off. Dale being the great husband that he is was making dinner for the kids and while it was cooking in the oven they were watching a movie in the living room. All of the sudden Dale heard a pop pop pop from the kitchen so he got up to see what it was. He saw smoke so he pulled out the stove and the outlet behind the stove was on fire. He got the kids out and came to wake me up. He came running in the room saying to get up cause the house was on fire. At first I thought he was just playing with me but then he started yelling more urgently so I finally got up and ran out of the room as I got to the kitchen Dale was there trying to put the wall out with dry towels that were now on fire themselves. I yelled at him to put them down and get out of the house. When we got out the neighbors had already called 911 and another neighbor had brought over a fire extinguisher. The put out most of the outside fire on the wall but it had moved up the wall into the attic. We all got out and the fire dept. finally got there. They had to tear down the wall between the kitchen and bathroom and sprayed water in the attic to kill the fire that was smoldering in the insulation. Then the landlord showed up to assess the damage and then left. Meanwhile I was trying to call everyone I knew to find a place for us to stay for the night at least. I couldn't get anyone and was starting to get upset. Finally I got in touch with Rosemary and she said she would call around also to find a place for us. After all was said and done we finally got in touch with Michelle and she said we could stay with her.

Then this morning we woke up at 7 to a phone call from the landlord saying that we needed to move all of our stuff out of the house while they replaced the carpet and ceiling and did all the rewiring and rebuilt the kitchen and bathroom. He said it would take a minimum of 6 weeks to get everything done. Meanwhile we still have not found a place to stay until then. I have my real estate lady looking for something to hold us temporarily as well as Michelle's real estate lady looking. So that is the spot we are in now. I will post pictures of the damage whenever I can. Plus I still have to post about our field trip on Friday. Until then I will try and keep u updated on our progress.

That's all for now. Blog at you later.