Gas Leak, House Guests, and A-Pasta!
For the past week or so, every time I turned on the oven or stove, a strong gas smell would fill the kitchen and adjoining rooms. Yes, I continued to use both appliances.
About two days ago, I noticed that the clothes coming out of the dryer reeked of gasoline…not natural gas, but gasoline. I texted and called Josh, and since he didn’t smell any gas when he got home that night, we decided to wait until the next morning to call the gas company.
Twenty-ish minutes from the time Josh got off the phone with the gas company, a worker showed up to test our appliances for a gas leak. It turns out that one of the other apartments in our building is having its floors varnished. Those fumes are combusting every time we use one of our gas-powered appliances. On the upside, there isn’t a leak. Also, our house isn’t going to explode. On the downside, all the clothes I washed and dried over the past three days smell like gasoline and need to be rewashed and hung to dry (because that smell isn’t going to go away until they’re finished with the varnish and it dries completely). Boo.
In other, less-smelly news, my 20-year-old cousin and his girlfriend are visiting us until tomorrow or Saturday. This is Jude’s first time meeting Sean, and he couldn’t be more excited! He spent the majority of yesterday evening screaming a high-pitched scream (a joyful scream, of course) and laughing big belly laughs. And, what’s even cooler is that in addition to Sean and Sam, Erin (Josh’s sister) and Grant (Erin’s husband) are coming to visit today and are staying until Saturday. Woo hoo for reinforcements!
So, for dinner tonight, I’m going to make “a-pasta” (Jude LOVES “a-pasta!”), bake some bread, and saute some broccoli. I’m also hoping to try my hand at making bruschetta. I’m really looking forward to having a full house for dinner. And, I’m grateful that we finally have a table to eat dinner on and that our guests won’t have to eat on their laps. Thank goodness for hand-me-down furniture!
Finally, no. I still haven’t written Jude’s letter or menu planned for the week. Will try to work on one of those tonight. *crosses fingers*
Oh my goodness, the gas smells would really bug me…and I kind of like the smell of gasoline, but not in my house. Thankfully your house isn’t going to explode – sweet relief. Looking forward to seeing your menu plan. Cheers! Jenna
I’m pretty disgusted with the gas smell. I’m more disgusted that I can’t use my dryer. I have a TON of laundry that needs done, and I have to do it in small batches because I only have two drying racks, and we’re not sure if our new retractable line will hold. *sigh*.
I’m looking forward to *making* a menu plan. (= Maybe you can help? Read my “Help Me Feed My Family” post, and let me know what you think. Please. (=