This is seriously scary.
Sunday, after the cable guy left, I cooked breakfast of eggs, toast, and coffee around 11am. I did a couple things around the house, and took a break to snuggle onto the couch with my girl dog. We both grew sleepy cuddled up together and we dozed off. I woke up about 30 minutes later with a headache and when I opened my eyes, I saw stars and felt really dizzy, even a bit nauseous. Strange. I just figured I would lie there a bit longer until I felt better. 30 minutes after that I woke up again with a headache and thought, do I smell mercaptan (the additive put in natural gas to make it smell)? I must be trippin? Nope! 5 minutes later I realized I definitely smelled it.
I walked into the kitchen to the smell and realized my stovetop was on, not lit, just blowing out gas!
Had I not had the sliding glass door open the dogs and I woulda been toast! Not to mention my stinkin gas bill is probably going to be higher!
The only thing I can assume is that the flame blew out when I went to put the hot pan back on the other burner to cool. This cheap Admiral stove is horrible and blows out if you so much as exhale around it, and I must not have noticed the dial still on!
This is exactly why I need my new stove to arrive next weekend! And, I think I need to invest in a Carbon Monoxide detector so no ditzy maneuvers land me to and the pups in serious trouble.
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