God really DOES work in mysterious ways. About20 minutes ago, I was trying to decide if I wanted to go to bed, work on plodding through my Bible study material, or read a book, or what. Suddenly, I got a strong urge to play Nintendogs on Megs’ DS.
Let me tell you, this in and of itself is strange. Nintendogs is boring like you would not believe. The only entertaining part is taking the dogs for a walk and then not picking up their poop so the other dog owners yell at you. Seriously. I don’t find it fun at all. But for some reason I wanted to play it very badly.
I looked around the living room for the DS and couldn’t find it. So I went into Meghan and Nate’s room to look for it. And I smelled something burnt. I went back out into the living room and got Mr. Ivy. Mr. Ivy went in there and looked, and found Nate was curled up into one of the little cubbies under the bunk beds, with his Spongebob lamp. His blankets pressed against the lamp so the bulb was burning the lampshade, as it shows in the picture.
Guys, I was nearly on my way to bed. I could have walked past their room and never smelled it. Mr. Ivy would have never smelled it, his sense of smell is terrible. I really truly believe that God compelled me to want to play Nintendogs so I’d go in there looking for the DS.
Nate was sleeping right next to the lamp. If it had caught fire, and it would have, the blankets he was curled up in would have caught fire, which would have caught him on fire, the wooden bunk beds would have caught fire, Nate would definitely have died, Megs would have probably died- really, we all could have died.
I am really thanking God right now for this, it truly was a miracle. This is sure to go down in the annals of my family history of how God and Nintendogs saved my kids’ lives.
Crazy. I’m having a hard time even processing this. I’m just thankful.
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February 15, 2008 at 6:34 am
I’m so glad that everyone is OK. I’d be a wreck, too.
February 15, 2008 at 7:00 am
Amazing.
February 15, 2008 at 7:32 am
Holy Mario, Amy! I’m glad everyone is alright. This is a very very strange story. Why childrens’ night lights are made with incandescent bulb whose filaments glow nearly white hot is baffling to me. But I sure am glad you caught it in time!!
February 15, 2008 at 7:51 am
Whoa. Wow. I know what you mean, though. Stuff like that has happened to me on occasion as well. It’s humbling and scary and thrilling all at the same time. God is awesome and mysterious.
February 15, 2008 at 8:01 am
Oh Ivy. How terrifying!!
You are right, Miracles are everywhere.
February 15, 2008 at 8:11 am
Can you really trust a guy named ‘Squarepants?’
Oh, the family life!
February 15, 2008 at 8:35 am
As a non-believer, I won’t go so far as to say this WAS God’s will, but (for the sake of argument) if it was, consider this:
You’ve been feeling depressed lately and trying to get some perspective in life. Maybe the real divine action here was getting you to look at your life from a postition of gratitude and wonder.
Just a thought.
February 15, 2008 at 9:51 am
That’s some kind of crazy. This is one of those times I don’t know whether to laugh or cry… Whew. Just thankful. And then thankful some more.
February 15, 2008 at 10:32 am
*Phew.*
I’m glad you didn’t just go to bed, Ivy. I’m going to hug my kid, now.
February 15, 2008 at 11:06 am
Whew, scary stuff, Ivy. They ought to switch to using LED bulbs for kid’s toy-related stuff - they’re so much cooler. Every time I don’t pay attention to that little whisper in my mind, I regret it. Way to pay attention, Ivy.
February 15, 2008 at 11:28 am
Wow, words cannot express…
Thank goodness all is okay.
February 15, 2008 at 12:07 pm
“And you saw in the wilderness how the Lord your God carried you as a man carries his son all along the way you traveled until you reached this place” Deuteronmy 1:31
Makes you wonder how many near misses we have that we aren’t aware of. He is so good.
February 15, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Just be glad you didn’t buy your kids SpongBob: The Flame Thrower.
February 15, 2008 at 12:14 pm
This is one of those times I don’t know whether to laugh or cry…
Oh my goodness…I JUST now read this. I’m teary and happy and thankful at the same time.
Thank God, thank God, thank God…
February 15, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Wow. I am so paranoid about lamps. When I was about six yrs old, a family friends’ house burned down from a lamp which had fallen onto a bed. Glad this didn’t happen to you!
February 15, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Glad you had a jones to walk the virtual dog.
PS Coma LOOOVES her zombie Elvis.
February 15, 2008 at 1:57 pm
that’s amazing, wow
February 15, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Oh thank god, Ivy. Glad you found that and glad you all are okay. This made me cry even tho thank goodness it had a happy ending.
February 26, 2008 at 10:05 am
wow> that’s scarey! I’m so glad you caught it before anything bad happened. I’ve been a bad friend and not checking up on your blog lately. Sorry
February 27, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Hellooooo?? Ivyyyy? Where Are You???
March 10, 2008 at 1:55 pm
This same thing happened at our house! I went to check on Sweet Cheeks way late, later than I ever venture upstairs. SHe had thrown a shawl over her lamp so we wouldn’t see her reading when she was supposed to be sleeping. By the time I got there, the lamp shade had melted and the shawl was smoking.
Hey badbad, some foodish folks are meetin Tuesday noon at Phat Bites in Donelson with CeeElCee and me. Can you come?
March 20, 2008 at 4:18 pm
I’m glad y’all are all okay, too!!
That must’ve been scary…
Wow.
April 7, 2008 at 12:58 pm
I am so glad you wanted to play that stupid game. My daughter has that game, it is boring. I didn’t know if you didn’t clean up the poo that people yelled at you, I must go try that now!
April 7, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Sorry I’m slow to get here, but I have to say, we had a similar incident here involving a lamp and a blanket [being used to make a tent] and I caught it by happenstance too. I tried really hard not to freak the kids out — I was DEFINITELY freaked out — but also to convey that they must never, ever cover up a lamp again. Never ever ever. Ha, I’m still freaked out and it was more than a month ago.
I am so glad you sniffed it out!
May 15, 2008 at 3:37 pm
oh.my.gosh. How scary is that?! Makes my heart pound.