Sparks are (Still) Flying

Though we've had some mishaps with the kitchen remodel (paint coming off the walls, putting the drawer hardware in the cabinet wrong and a few smashed fingers, etc), tonight was our first accident that got exciting. First, let me give you a little background. We had electricians come out about a month ago to put in a few new boxes and move some other things around. We did not have them put the actual outlets in because we figured we could do that ourselves and save a few dollars. Rob has been doing a great job swapping out all the other outlets in the house and installing a few new ones too but the one tonight got away from him a little, as you can see below.



Somehow, the wires touched each other and sparks went flying everywhere! Big sparks, probably 4 feet into the air above the box. As you may have noticed in the picture, the tip of the screwdriver is melted off and you can see that piece is melted onto the torched outlet. We called it quits for the night not too long after that. It's even starting to seem a little funny now :o)

There's a big storm coming and it's thundering quite a bit so I better end this now and get my computer turned off before it becomes the second thing we've torched tonight!