Up in smoke...

Well...the strangest thing happened to me last Friday morning at 2:45 AM. My Ford Explorer caught fire and burned...just poof...actually it was more of a boom...then poof...

So here is what happened:

My son had just gone to bed...still haven't figured out why he was up at 2:45 in the morning, but thank God he was still up! He had just crawled into bed and he heard a boom and the garage light came on. He jumped up and looked out the window and saw my truck in flames!!! He came into my room and woke up hubby and me and told me "Mom, your truck is on fire". I tried to gather my wits and process what he had just said to me and I jumped up and looked out of our bdrm window...sure enough...FLAMES!! I yelled at Glenn to get up, my truck is on fire. I ran to the phone and called 911 and then jumped into some clothes and ran out the door and over next door to dd's house. I banged on the back door and she jumped up and opened it and I told her to get Michael...my truck is on fire. (He is a firefighter). In the mean time, Glenn is outside with the garden hose wetting down the inferno. Chris moved dh's truck away from mine. We live in a rural area and our Fire dept is volunteer, so Michael is bunkered out in gear waiting for a truck and a hose...lol. The truck finally arrived and they got to work, but at that point my truck engine compartment was pretty much toast. Do you know how bad a burning vehicle smokes and stinks?! MY SIL and the other fireman had to put on breathing gear. I've got some pics to share...poor truck...

Nice huh?..........

We were just a few minutes from having it completely burn up. The fire had already made it past the firewall and was heading inside the truck. The smoke damage and soot on the inside of my truck is just awful. Lost a good pair of prescription sunglasses too. The ins. co. sent a wrecker to get her yesterday (Tuesday)....kinda sad to see her go, she's been with me a long time.

We were blessed that the garage was not damaged, nor was anything else. Thank you Jesus!!

Now we wait on the insurance company. They did say that this is a Ford "problem". Something to do with the cruise control box that sits close to the brake stuff under the hood. The housing breaks down over time and causes it to short out and catch fire. That seems to be where the fire was the hottest, right where this thing would have been.

I had to laugh at hubby...We have been in revival at church all last week and this week. He said "well...we have been praying for fire!" This is NOT what I had in mind...lol.

I haven't made anything in the last few weeks, but I did get some new rubber stamps in from Unity Stamp Co. and also 2 Kits of the Month from My Creative Scrapbook and a new set of Prism colored pencils so I am anxious to get back to work (play). Just waiting on my Gamsol to get here.

TTYL

I've Been Spring Cleaning...

Well, I have spent the last 2 weeks Spring cleaning and organizing my scrap place. Do you ever truly get them cleaned and organized?? Well, I am trying. I moved out an old desk and replaced it with an old bookcase, which is now loaded down...lol. I repurposed several items that were either in storage or in different parts of the house. Here's some pics...the first one is the bookcase with an old curio wall cabinet sitting on top holding my primas and silk flowers as well as an old jar of vintage buttons. The crazy quilt in the hoop on the wall is one that my great-grandmother started and never finished. Some of the pieces are stitched and some are not. I love it!!

This pic shows a wall cabinet that hung in my kitchen years ago (can you tell I don't throw much out?). It has been repurposed as my wood stamp rack. As you can see, I have just started collecting. I also have some of my ribbon hung on mini coat hangers hanging on the pegs on the doors.

This pic is my Expression station.

This is my sewing station, right next to my Expression station. I also have my pegboard and shelves that hold my supplies. The ones on the top shelves don't get used as much as the others, so they are up and out of the way.

Next is my work desk...excuse the mess, but it usually looks like this so this is not unusual.

Here are some pages that I have completed for the album that I am finishing up. It is a gift from my niece to my sis-in-law for Mother's Day.

Hope you have enjoyed our visit today. I'll post more soon!

Cindy