On Mon, 21 Mar 2016 20:55:38 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>Although this did leave a hideous mess, I don't think my body sustained too
>much damage. Could have been way worse! I can't even begin to explain how
>this happened either. Except that I know that I was trying to do too much
>in a short amount of time.
>
>Person who lives here had oral surgery on Friday and is not progressing as
>we had hoped. Can't open her jaw due to the swelling so most of what is on
>the list of suggested foods will not work. And is having stomach issues
>from the pain meds. Then to top it all off, husband was having some sort of
>car trouble that turned out to be really nothing. He didn't tell me what it
>was that Les Schwab found to be the cause but bottom line is that due to
>that, he didn't bring home the promised milkshake for toothless.
>
>So... I had to go get the milkshake. Came home and all seemed calm. Went
>out to the garage to get things ready for the guy who is coming later this
>week to do a dump run for me. Things like the broken artificial Christmas
>tree and many Styrofoam coolers and ice packs from my insulin. And while I
>was finishing this up, I began to get dinner started for husband.
>
>Put three breaded chicken breasts (Schwan's) in the freezer, put the water
>on to boil for pasta, in my large, oval, Rachael Ray pot, then put the
>Marinara on to heat. And no, he did not eat all three.
>
>Things seemed to be going well until I took the chicken out. I had already
>moved the pasta over to the pot of sauce when husband began asking about
>dinner. And once again, I didn't listen to that little voice in my head
>that told me that I should have dumped the hot pasta water down the sink and
>left the pot there while I put the Provolone on the chicken. And that's
>where it all went wrong.
>
>Although the oven was off, I didn't feel like sticking my head in there to
>put the cheese on because I was feeling a bit warm from all of the garage
>activity. So I removed the pan and set it on top of the pasta pot. Should
>have been fine as I didn't really take the time to get the correct sized pan
>and had used a large, lipped cookie sheet because it was already sitting in
>the dish drainer.
>
>I turned to get the cheese. Turned back when three slices of the Provolone
>when it all went very badly. Happened so very fast! Saw the Rachael Ray
>pan come flying at me along with the pan that the chicken was on. This is
>what I do not understand. What would have caused that nearly full pan of
>water to come off of of the stove? Now I suppose it is possible that in my
>haste, I somehow didn't have it squarely on the burner but I can't see how.
>I have a big scoop that I use to remove the pasta from the water so the pan
>never left the stove.
>
>Anyway... The upshot of this was that my feet, legs and the floor became
>drenched with near boiling water. I knew that Jazzy (cat) was in the
>kitchen on a barstool but didn't know where Jetta was and I didn't want them
>getting into the boiling water.
>
>I think what saved me was that I had on my Daniel Green slipper boos that I
>am not supposed to wear. They are thick and lined with faux fur. I put
>them on because I felt cold but my podiatrist said I shouldn't wear them. I
>won't bother to get into why but I am sure glad that I had those on now!
>Also a very thick and very loose pair of sweat pants. So the thick fabric
>and thick boots seemed to keep most of the water from my skin. Of course I
>leapt to dry floor and stripped the pants and boots off right away.
>
>I also have three throw rugs in the kitchen and the two largest ones soaked
>up most of the water. And thankfully each one had a dry end so they could
>be grabbed and hauled outside quickly.
>
>Although my feet feel like they have been burned, I don't see any damage to
>the skin and the skin feels cold to the touch. Most likely that sensation
>is due to my neuropathy or something.
>
>I am beginning to dread the oven! Thankfully the toothless one was able to
>help me for a few minutes to make sure the cats didn't get burned and to get
>the mess cleaned up.
>
>I guess on the plus side, I won't have to use the floor steamer on the part
>of the kitchen! But what in the heck!? This is three burns I have gotten
>in about a month's time! And I am not usually one who gets burned. I am
>just glad that I was dressed as I was. If my husband had brought the
>milkshake home like he was supposed to have, I wouldn't have bothered to get
>dressed and I would have just had a knit nightshirt on. That would have
>been bad!
>
>And thankfully I had more chicken in the freezer.
>
>Now off to the kitchen to make some rice. Hopefully I can do that right. I
>am going to have to really overcook it and put a lot of extra liquid in
>there because poor toothless can't seem to manage anything that requires any
>amount of chewing. She was able to do chicken and noodle soup after I took
>the immersion blender to it but her poor stomach can't seem to handle much
>in the way of food right now.

Jesus.