The exploding spud!

Here I was having a wonderful morning - I had been for a car ride with Mom to the bank where she deposited a piece of paper and we got a dog cookie in return.  Then we went to Walgrens Pharmacy where she deposited another piece of paper and we got another dog cookie in return.  I sure do love it when we go to the drive-throughs at the bank and pharmacy. Then we stopped by the store and Mom was so excited to find they had big meaty beef bones today which she got for ME!  I must admit I was a bit disappointed she gave the dweebs one each too - they hadn't been for a car ride to help protect Mom like I had.  She also got some steak and some big potatoes to make dad for his dinner.  Well there we all were chomping away quite happily on our bones when all of a sudden the whole  house shuddered and there was a big explosion!!! It scared the crap ummmm bejeebies out of Mom and I and well you can imagine the Dweebs response - we just saw their tails as they flew out the doggie door to the safety of outdoors.

At first we weren't even sure what the noise was - then Mom began to smell something burning.  She raced to the oven where she had the potato's baking and when she opened the door - one of potatoes had exploded EVERYWHERE. Erk talk about a mess - and YES Mom had pricked them all over before putting them in the oven - so why it exploded we don't know! Thankfully Mom had cooked extra but now we have to wait for the oven to cool down so we can clean it (we meaning Dad and I - he he - won't Dad enjoy that when he gets home!!!!)  (Mom can't do it as she had all her stitches out today and  still has to be really careful about reaching and stretching to far and she still isn't allowed to lift anything - so it looks like a Dad job)  All's I can say - is beware of exploding potatoes although those little crunchy bits sure are tasty!!!!