Getting and Staying Healthy After Fifty

I almost burned my kitchen down today. I put some grease on the stove to heat, then went and called my son. Stupid. I hear crackling, ran into the kitchen, and had a nice little grease fire going. Luckily, I had a fire extinguisher and put it out, but there is some damage, and a lot of smoke damage, and I don’t know if my stove will be safe to use again.

So if I can’t cook, I guess I can’t eat much, huh? Oh, I’ll find a way, believe me. I have a toaster oven, and a microwave, and if I want to eat, I’ll find some way to do it.

If the entire kitchen had burned down, I guess that would make it difficult to eat, but I can live with this. I hope my insurance company writes me a check, because I’m flat broke, but that’s a big “if” since I have a high deductible. I’m sure they’ll find lots of stuff that isn’t covered at all.

What a horrible Christmas. Good thing I was alone, and nobody was expecting dinner, huh?