Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh

On day two of Cop Dad's day off I was rocking Little Buddy to sleep for his nap. As I softly sang Mary Had A Little Lamb, and my little lamb was just about asleep, I suddenly was alarmed with a very loud and ear piercing, "Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh!" I realized it was coming from the fire/CO2 detector in the hallway and headed outside with a sleepy, now awake Little Buddy on my hip. He is old enough to walk but was shoeless and I wanted to get out of the house fast. As I called for Cop Dad out in front, (he was mowing the neighbor's yard), he answered and came over immediately. He ran inside and went up to find what the problem was. He then called 911 cause the firemen have very sophisticated testing equipment that can detect where exactly the CO2 in your home is coming from. I could not imagine where or what would be leaking CO2.

The firemen pulled up and went inside as we waited outside as we were instructed to do by 911. They were inside for awhile. I kept wondering what this could be all about. We have remodeled our entire home over the last few years and have all new appliances, furnace, AC, water heater, etc.

Finally they came out and waved us to come back in and told us that the CO2 was coming from our oven, but only when it was turned on. We have a new oven from when we remodeled our kitchen at the end of 2006. Totally weird. Then the fireman turned on the oven and demonstrated that it went to 200 PPM (parts per million) very quickly and kept rising if he didn't turn the oven off.

I am a sahm mom as many of you know and I cook and bake regularly. Almost every food Little Buddy eats is out of the oven. I also think food is healthier and tastes better when it is baked in an oven not in the microwave. Also Cop Dad's birthday is tomorrow and he said not to spend any money on him. I had planned on buying him a scrapbook anyway (for all his police articles and letters of commendation he has gotten already) and baking brownies or chocolate chip bars for his birthday treat as well as a batch for the guys on afternoons to eat in roll call. Homemade, plus I have all the ingredients and much tastier than grocery store cake.

So now we have the Sears Appliance Repair Man coming tomorrow afternoon. Brother, so much for the birthday treats, or Little Buddy's meals. Bagh! Thank God we have an excellent CO2 detector that works well and alerted us in time before illness hit us from CO2. Suppose we will have to have the fire department come and test again before using the oven again. I highly advise everyone to get a CO2 detector if you don't already have one.

Phew, just got off the phone with my awesome SMIL who also works afternoons with Cop Dad at the PD (as a CSO) who has agreed to make a birthday treat for roll call for him. She is an absolute gem. I hated asking her because they are always helping us with babysitting for Little Buddy and numerous other things too. Thanks Leslie!!!