On Monday, March 21, 2016 at 5:55:46 PM UTC-10, 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.

That's a awesome tale!

The kid that was living with us had a cup of water explode in his hand. I'm watching TV and I hear screaming and swearing coming from the room. My wife took him to the emergency room and he was hospitalized.

The good part about it is that his estranged mom visited him in the hospital and they made amends and he moved out of our house after staying for 4 years. Thanks, super-heated water in a cup!