This week's word is:
Finding it hard to focus now - on much of anything, including writing.
Nothing in particular causing that "un-focused" feeling...
Just having a hard time catching up on things; and trying to keep up with what I want to focus on -
And it would seem the inability to focus has consumed me so much that...
while supposedly fixing grilled cheese sandwiches on the stove-top...
I turned the heat up high - then turned away to butter the rest of the bread -
and the next thing I knew, flames were climbing from around the pan up to the top of the stove!! I had the exhaust fan on and quickly turned the burner off - just in time! As the heat decreased, the flames also decreased...
But -
Well, let's just say the smoke alarm works! It blared for almost five minutes before we could get it stopped; and with the balcony door opened, the burner cooling off and the exhaust fan, we managed to get it all under control.
And later I found our poor cat huddling under my computer table...poor thing was scared to death!
What caused the burner to flame up so fast?
A few days ago I was boiling water, milk and butter to make boxed mashed potatoes...
and let it boil over when I turned my back to work on something else on the counter -
that is what was causing the burning when I turned it up higher to toast the bread!
What I need is a griddle!
And to FOCUS on what I am doing instead of getting side-tracked!
FINALLY - finished this week's Tuesday @ Ten post!!
Oh, Barbara.....what a calamity! And your poor cat, you must all have been in "a flap" (as my Gran would have said)...
ReplyDeleteIt WAS a calamity! The cat was huddled under my table with such a look of despair! Poor baby girl!
DeleteAt least I didn't "freak out" - I just calmy (semi calmly) turned the burner off and removed the pot. I didn't know if I should throw a wet cloth on the burner, or splash water, or what...but the flames went down as the temperature on the burner did...hope I don't do that again!!!
I have had that to happen too. I need to focus more. I have too many things going on at once like blogging, commenting, house work, facebook, twitter, taking care of pets, etc. etc. Did I mention grocery shopping, exercising. I guess we need to break things into more manageable time slots and focus on one thing at a time instead of trying to do five to six things at once.
ReplyDeleteThat is exactly MY thoughts, too, Mary!! I was definitely NOT focusing! And, I have so many of the same things going on at once as you do...including the pet and the hubby and the grand kids (I don't twitter; but am on Facebook way too much!!).
DeleteThanks for reading and commenting!