~Solved the Beep Mystery~

For weeks we have been going nuts hearing this "BEEP"... Penny has gone down and searched the basement 2 or 3 times.. She came today and we are both in the kitchen and we hear that invisible "BEEP".. Its a smoke alarm, but where in the hell is it? I mean it was making us crazy! Penny went down the basement right then, again, and she really looked, she came back up a minute later with a smoke detector in her hand... That had to have been a great battery We didn't know it was down there, 2 years now, and that has been beeping for at least 2 weeks... Penny took the batteries out of the one here in the living room and bedroom, we were going to find out WHICH one it was.. We heard the beep and KNEW then there was a 4th. The reason it sounded like it was in the kitchen I think the sound was coming thru the furnace vents.. I dunno for sure but I am SO GLAD she found that beepin thing... Why would they have one in the basement anyway? Well I guess a fire can start anywhere. The inspector said it wasn't necessary to have one in the bathroom and there is none in the kitchen. Which I guess there should be.. All the fires Ive started were in the kitchen.. NOT deliberately, ACCIDENTALLY! When I was in the apartment, it was such a nice big roomy place, sad it was mis managed so badly, but Hope Network is not all it claims, not the one here anyway. I had my computer in the living room and I was online of course. I had put a pan of potatoes on to boil for potato salad. I reached, turned the knob and rolled back to the computer to wait for them to cook. The next thing I knew I heard the smoke alarm go off, I looked at the stove and the whole back burner was on fire. I had set a wooden box back there that had knives in it. I had turned on the wrong burner, and the wood was that cheap balsa and was like kindling, it burst into flames from me turning the burner on of course.. The pot with the potato's in it was right there so I just tipped it over and the water put out the fire. The only damage was to the box and the smoke in the apt.. The woman next door, Penny, came rushing over and helped me to clean everything up. It happened really fast... The 2nd time I did the same thing again, I had a ceramic like big jar holding all my stuff I use to cook, wooden spoons, ladels etc. I reached, turned the burner on and rolled away... Same thing, I hear the smoke alarm go off, telling myself "NOW WHAT"... looked at the stove and smoke, no flames, were just pouring out of that jar thing, I heated that thing up and it got so hot the wood handles in there started to smolder and smoke! I could hardly see in there in just a matter of minutes.. When the smoke alarm goes off the boys run and hide. So I knew they were in the bedroom under the bed or hiding in the closet.. I went and looked and both were there, so I closed the door and went and opened the outside door I had in the living room. The smoke poured out. I put a fan in the doorway to pull the smoke out of there.. It worked really great, thank God.. :-) So much smoke came pouring out of my door, the workmen at the apartments came running over to see if my place was on fire.. I was sitting by the door cuz the smoke burned my eyes, the one guy came charging throught the door like a bull elephant, yelling "IS ANYONE IN HERE??" He spotted me sitting there as I said, "yes, I'm here its ok, just smoke, no fire.. I set my kitchen jar on fire by turning on the wrong burner". He smiled and said how easily that can happen, asked if there was any thing he could do, I said no and thanked him and he left.. The next thing I did, AFTER the smoke cleared was went and got some of that trusty gray duct tape, I always thought it was ducK... I put a piece of tape over the back burner knobs on my stove, no one was gonna be able to turn those 2 burners on.!. I should have done that after the first time. It never happened again, and ive not done that here, the only time the smoke thing went off was when the toast got burnt and it smoked and set off the bathroom one. The inspector said I didn't need one in there anyway.. I don't have a stove here and when I use my frying pan I don't leave the kitchen.. I only will leave something cooking if its in the crock pot. I'm very careful. We are clean and are stocked up ready for Kelli and Jorge and Alex. I am anxious to see this boy. Kelli said he is a very good baby, hes such a cutie, he needs to know his GreatGran. The boy stopped by last nite as he had to come in to Meijers. I saw his new jeep and its RED!!!... I forgot what year he said it was, but I LOVE jeeps, maybe because I went so many times with my dad in his, and that's what I learned to drive with.. 4 on the floor... I can drive a stick...:-) I'm very talented you know.. Donnie said the jeep came with a plow so you know what hes gonna be doing and maybe pretty soon! We are expecting snow. Said a front that's going thru Kansas dumping snow is headed right at us, so we can expect some and they say it may have 60 mph winds... Windy like that is when its NOT good to live on a corner... :-) But I do so oh well.. The kids will be here tomorrow and Jorge will put some plastic on the porch for me if no where else.. I think I will get a cover for the air conditioner and just put plastic over the inside of the window. Save dragging that in and out. Donnie did good all around it so I think this would save a lot of extra work. I'm gonna be draft free this time. The time now is food, I was busy with Penny and we didn't eat lunch so I need something and then I am due to get a netflix today, I'm watching that and then its time to get out of this chair for today.. Time for my GORGEOUS WEEBLE "Nitey Nite" too.. :-) Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? Love ya and Thanks! Always, Lois **** PS: I don't know what bloggers problem is I didn't do nuthin to nuthin.. as long as y'all can leave comments is the main thing! "God Bless You", is my prayer today. I'm honored to call you "friend". I pray the Lord will keep you safe, Until I write again...