TOAST!

Nothing strikes fear in your heart like your husband throwing open the back door and yelling... 

"HONEY, GET THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER!!!!!!!!!
 
This past weekend, Dan was using his little lawn tractor to rototill the garden one last time before we plant it.  He parked it, and just as he got off of it, a hose popped off the connection and gasoline was pouring on the hot engine.  He automatically reached for the hose to reconnect it.... just as the gasoline pouring on the hot engine *EXPLODED*!  Not good. 

He yanked back him flaming hand, got the hose, hosed off his hand and started hosing the engine....then came tearing in the back door yelling about the fire extinguisher. I wish I could say my reaction was more calm and collected.... but all I could do was yell back.... "WHERE IS IT, WHERE IS IT?"  Sheesh.  

After a little Keystone Kop episode where I'm wondering what's on fire, trying to fill a pan of water (from an "energy efficient" faucet that is ridiculously slow).... sloshing water all over the house trying to take it outside.... I finally remembered where the extinguisher was and he was able to put out the fire.  

Hopefully the neighbors weren't home, lol.

Dan's hand is doing ok, blistered pretty good.... but he's definitely sad about the tractor. I'm pretty sure it's a goner!

However, on a brighter note.... there's still time to enter the drawing for the FREE Wedded Bliss rubber stamp set that will be sent to one lucky winner next week.  Be sure to scroll down for the details.... and make a comment on that post to enter the drawing.

See you soon!

:) Darcie

Comments

[Jill Hayes]

Ugh, that doesn't look too good! I hope it turns out to be fixable!

[Tracy]

That is one scary incident! I do not react well to any kind of drama...at all! You sounded waaaaay calmer than I ever should have been. You do know that guys will go to major extremes to get to Man Toys, right Ü
Hope is hand gets better quickly!

[Stacy Coombs]

Oh, that is so NOT good! I'm sorry to hear about the tractor, I hope your husband is ok! Cute dog!

[Kathy JH]

Wow - that's scary! Glad that he wasn't injured badly.

[Marjean]

Hi Darcie, I never comment on these things but I had to on this one. We also had that happen a few years ago. My husband had parked it next to our horse stall, and the straw under it caught on fire and caught part of our barn on fire. The hose wouldn't put it out and luckily we had a fire extinguisher in the barn. I had never heard of that happening to anyone else before. I'm glad it wasnt worse!! Thank you for all the information you share with us, I really love your projects.

[Darcie Heater]

INSURANCE!!!!! HA! I never thought of that..... :)

[Jan :-)]

Hi Darcie--That happened to my husband about 10 years ago--but the tractor was close to the house--so we had flames shooting up the side of the house--I also was screaming for the fire extinguisher until I realized the hose was only about 3 feet away--the great news is that Paul was so sad to see his tractor was burned beyond redemption--but insurance came through and he was able to get bigger and better--the whole MORE POWER thing--In the end it all turned out. Hope Dan makes it through the pain and thank goodness it wasn't worse. Take care...

[Teri N]

Yikes!

[Penney Long]

Ohno! How sad! I hope he's ok!

[mary mitchell]

Eek, I hate it when stuff like that happens out of the blue. So sorry to hear about the tractor, my husband would be crushed if that happened to his. We have a huge garden and I don't know what we would do with out it. Thanks for sharing.

[Stacy Hall]

Your husband is lucky that it wasn't worse. My husband is a firefighter and some of the stories he tells me about gasoline exploding and people getting injured are pretty scary. I enjoy reading your blog.... it's at the top of my list to check each day.

[Alicia Campbell]

Wow, hope your husband is OK! What a scary thing to have happen. Thank you for the opportunity to win the stamp set.