Stupidity reigns supreme

Yesterday I decided we should invest in a fire extinguisher for the kitchen. It's generally just a good idea -- but considering we have a gas stove, it's an excellent idea. Gas stoves are wonderful for cooking, but open flame + me = trouble. Yesterday afternoon I was making sauce and had a wooden spoon sitting in the center of the stove top. On its left was the pot of sauce, and on its right was the meatballs frying. Both burners were on. I flipped the meatballs with the wooden spoon and put it down again. Without seeing, as I turned toward the sink to clean up, my hand brushed against the wooden spoon and it swiveled towards the frying pan. As I took out a sponge for the counter, I had a sixth sense that I had just done something very stupid. I looked back at the stove and noticed the handle of the spoon had swiveled into the flame beneath the frying pan. The handle of the wooden spoon. I pulled it out and threw it in the sink. The handle (which was just starting to catch on fire as I grabbed it) is now a bit burnt. I guess there are a couple things to learn from this: 1) invest in a fire extinguisher in case stupid mistakes such as the above get out of hand, and 2) for God's sake, don't keep combustible items on the stove top. Sheesh. "What's going on in there?" Mike called over when he heard me shout, "Oh dear God" or whatever it was that I shouted. "Um... nothing!" I replied. I was ashamed. This weekend we went to see Toni and Allen get married in Vermont! More on that, and a couple of pictures, next post. Congratulations to them as well as Patrick and Jaren, who got hitched last week!