This collection of entries is from October 19, 2002.
Carol and I did nothing today. We watched TV, caught up on our TiVo viewing, took naps. It was wonderful. It was another sunny, clear day outside, only in the 40's.
Woke up this morning and the house still smells. I open up all the doors downstairs - the furnace is on, a breeze is blowing in the front door. The smell is still there.
I was hungry, and decided to go downstairs and just make a bag of microwave popcorn. No big deal, right? Wrong! I put the popcorn in for the normal length of time and when I opened the microwave, clouds of smoke rushed out. I had significantly burned the popcorn, so much so, that I'm afraid it's actually going to combust. I make sure I know where the fire extinguisher is just in case. The kitchen and family room fill with that acrid smoke. I open the front door and try to air out the house, but nothing works. Crap. We'll never get that smell out...