I had gone to the Y for a swim after dinner.
Came home and Gretchen met me at the door doing her usual song and dance, but she seemed a little more excited than normal. I took her out to potty, then came back in the house and went to take a shower to get the chlorine off me.
The entire time I am in the shower, she continues running back and forth into the bathroom, whining and barking.
This started to concern me. She and I are so in tune to one another.
I quickly got out of the shower and got dressed and she kept running into the living room dancing in circles.
I said WHAT??????????? what do you want??
She then went over to the tower fan I purchased a while back and started sniffing around it.
I looked under the loveseat that sits nearby. I thought maybe a mouse got in the house or something.
OMG! there is a little trail of smoke coming out of that outlet and the plastic is turning a yellow brown. I unplugged it immediately and went over to my neighbour Stan's house and told him what I found.
He came over and said for some reason the fan overheated in that outlet.
He went back home and got his tool box, removed the outlet cover and had a look inside.
He then went to my circuit breaker and turned off the power to that outlet and fixed the wiring and all for me.
He said I could have had a wall fire, and lost my house and Gretchen possibly if I hadn't come home when I did.
It's good to have a doggie who is my guardian angel and a neighbour who takes care of me.
Tower fan is in the wheelie trash bin and Gretchen got lots of extra hugs and treats.
Stan got a kiss and a hug.
I suppose he's gone from window gawker now, to good neighbour friend LOL
Came home and Gretchen met me at the door doing her usual song and dance, but she seemed a little more excited than normal. I took her out to potty, then came back in the house and went to take a shower to get the chlorine off me.
The entire time I am in the shower, she continues running back and forth into the bathroom, whining and barking.
This started to concern me. She and I are so in tune to one another.
I quickly got out of the shower and got dressed and she kept running into the living room dancing in circles.
I said WHAT??????????? what do you want??
She then went over to the tower fan I purchased a while back and started sniffing around it.
I looked under the loveseat that sits nearby. I thought maybe a mouse got in the house or something.
OMG! there is a little trail of smoke coming out of that outlet and the plastic is turning a yellow brown. I unplugged it immediately and went over to my neighbour Stan's house and told him what I found.
He came over and said for some reason the fan overheated in that outlet.
He went back home and got his tool box, removed the outlet cover and had a look inside.
He then went to my circuit breaker and turned off the power to that outlet and fixed the wiring and all for me.
He said I could have had a wall fire, and lost my house and Gretchen possibly if I hadn't come home when I did.
It's good to have a doggie who is my guardian angel and a neighbour who takes care of me.
Tower fan is in the wheelie trash bin and Gretchen got lots of extra hugs and treats.
Stan got a kiss and a hug.
I suppose he's gone from window gawker now, to good neighbour friend LOL