my father was a colorful man - he was a not so small legend in the county. to this day, officers at work approach me and say - you're mr. marshall's daughter? and they'll recount their days working as deputies when they were called out to my dad's store. we knew when we got there, mr. marshall would have the situation well in hand.
well, my brothers, sister and i have followed dad along the reputation trail. one brother is a fine, upstanding citizen. the other...well, he has a LOT of personality, and my sister is an ex-con. and me? what's my claim to fame?
the other night, there were five firefighters in my living room. they SAID they were there for a visit with my son and the daughter, who are on the fire department, but i have it on good authority that the fire chief, whom i've known all my life, was reminicsing about my kitchen escapades just a few nights before.
see, every 20 years or so, i set my kitchen on fire. i get distracted and leave a pan on the stove, and before i know it - there are flames. and smoke. the last time it happened was 12 years ago. it was 8 degrees out, the kids were small, and i was cooking and cleaning.
to make a long story short, i called the fire department, herded my kids into the car to keep them warm, as opposed to being roasted inside the house, and then pinehill was there - an entire crew of firefighters stormed into my house, doused the flames and left an incredibly large extinguisher behind. on purpose, i'm willing to bet.
since more than a decade has passed, i'm willing to bet the fire chief has put his crew on watch at my house. he knows my history. and oddly, a member has stopped by every evening since then. at supper time. sound like coincidence to you?
but anyway, that's my claim to fame in these parts. that, and i'm mr. marshall's daughter.
y'all have a good sunday.
6 comments:
How funny! Thanks for sharing the story. Maybe you should start a home-repair job, like painting your livingroom, just for the firefighters to do when they come over of an evening! Since they are already there and all...
Shadie
Oh my! I've never set the kitchen on fire, and I guess it's a good thing, because I don't know any firefighters!! (Kind of nice to have your own personal crew, though, isn't it?)
Lori
hehehe cute story!
i've lit a pan on fire in my day...with fire extinguisher within site but i panicked lol
threw some salt on it and alid
and just barely escaped my cabinets catching fire...
hey, it was shortly after that that my fiancee and i broke up...LOL
i wonder if THAT had something to do with it??
EUREKA!!!
or something like it
lizzzzzzzzzza
http://journals.aol.com/philadlfiagrl/lizaslife
What a women. You get a man over every night to see what your cooking up.
Dianne
Oh yeah right I'm sure its a coincidence. Sounds like someone is a darn good cook and they hope you keep dabbling with fire. Paula
Oh do be careful! We cannot afford to lose any more journalers! LOL....I set my kitchen curtains on fire by accident, I took the tiebacks off thinking they looked better forgetting about wind. Never saw anything go up so fast....I threw water at it and got it put out...thank God...but I too have never lived that done...burn the toast, hell no I go one better....Sandi
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