I think my H might be trying to kill me.

[esdreturns]

Ok not really but he keeps leaving the iron on after he is done ironing his pants for work. I went to iron C's school clothes this morning and it was still plugged in from 3pm yesterday. Thank goodness for auto shut offs!!!

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That is one of my greatest fears. I check the coffee pot about a million times every morning. No good!

[esdreturns]

Right? I'm sure the house would have been on fire if the iron didn't have auto-shut off.

[beebeeeater]

For some reason I am really paranoid about my hair dryer. I will leave almost anything else plugged in but the hair dryer MUST be unplugged.

And also, who IRONS? That's awful.

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This is why I have auto shut off.

And I iron . . . when I sew. That is all.

[Deleted]

FI always leaves the iron on. I'm glad we have the auto shut off as well!

[partiallysunny]

Opps!

I've almost burned down my house no less than 5 times last year with burnt pans and exploding dishes in the microwave. I am very embarassed by this, because I never.ever. use to be a hazard and I'm so cautious about everything.

[fussbucket]

Ironing school clothes??

Will I be expected to do this too??

My iron has an auto shut-off that beeps angrily before shutting off. It's really irritating.

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May 16, 2012 8:44:59 GMT -5 fussbucket said:

Ironing school clothes??

Will I be expected to do this too??

My iron has an auto shut-off that beeps angrily before shutting off. It's really irritating.

Haha, my crock pot will auto-switch to warm when it's done and it gives this teeny tiny "beep" that I almost always miss. The other end of the extreme is no better.

[esdreturns]

LOL fuss. C has uniforms and the pants get wrinkles so I iron them. Next year I don't anticipate ironing clothes.

[gbck]

I can't remember the last time my iron left my sewing room.
If it did, I'd burn down the house. repeatedly.

[pinkplasticdoll]

Just think this would be an easy way to get rid of the house.

:whistles and walks out of post:

[motzie]

May 16, 2012 8:31:33 GMT -5 beebeeeater said:

And also, who IRONS? That's awful.

Raises hand. Every day. Sometimes on Fridays I work around it.

[esdreturns]

May 16, 2012 9:31:58 GMT -5 pinkplasticdoll said:

Just think this would be an easy way to get rid of the house.

:whistles and walks out of post:

Ha!

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p&p wear uniforms. I ironed them for the first week of school. That's it.

I might try again next year to develop the habit but probably fail miserably so why bother? lol

[esdreturns]

I hate ironing HS. But I just can't send C to school in wrinkled clothes. Clearly, I'm a better mother than you. MOMMY WARS!

[interro]

This is one of my worst "small appliance causes house fire" fears!! Thank goodness for the auto shutoff.

[fussbucket]

aren't there like 85/15 blends or other W&W fabrics available for kids' uniforms? Don't tell me they're just pure, instawrinkle cotton? Can't you just throw them in the dryer for a couple minutes and then smooth them out by hand?

Also I think I could use the iron myself at P&P's age, HS! Not sure about the results, but...

[mortomo]

The last time I ironed it was a shirt for my DS to wear to a wedding last fall. Otherwise I try to buy things that don't need ironing.

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May 16, 2012 10:51:42 GMT -5 mortomo said:

The last time I ironed it was a shirt for my DS to wear to a wedding last fall. Otherwise I try to buy things that don't need ironing.

Anything I buy for myself doesn't need to be ironed.

However, DH's family is in love with buying me hand wash only stuff. I'm too cheap to buy my own clothes if someone will give them to me, so every month I begrugingly hand wash.

[beebeeeater]

Yeah I wore a school uniform for four years and never once ironed it. Possibly the only time I'll say yay for polyester blends.

[malibu]

People still iron? LOL

That sucks. Yes, good thing for auto-shutoffs.

On a related note, I'm now curious to go home and see if I own an iron.

[mrsjuleshs]

My kid leaves her freaking CHI plugged in all day from time to time. Once it was even sitting on a piece of paper. I am convinced she is going to burn the damn house down one of these days.

[datsyuksmommy]

I'm fairly certain DH only know how to turn the oven on, but not off. One time I came home from work and the oven was on. It had been on for at least 4 hours unattended with no one in the house but the furbabies.

[Muddled]

I should probably be on suicide watch then, because I do that all.the.time.

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ESD - I went to plug in the iron this morning and saw that it was still plugged in. FI left for NYC yesterday MORNING. I thought of this thread this morning when I saw that and laughed. Thank GOD for the automatic shut off.

[maucat]

May 16, 2012 19:41:44 GMT -5 datsyuksmommy said:

I'm fairly certain DH only know how to turn the oven on, but not off. One time I came home from work and the oven was on. It had been on for at least 4 hours unattended with no one in the house but the furbabies.

DH did something like this once, only it was one of the gas burners on the stove. How did he not notice?!?

[Muddled]

May 17, 2012 11:40:05 GMT -5 maucat said:

May 16, 2012 19:41:44 GMT -5 datsyuksmommy said:

I'm fairly certain DH only know how to turn the oven on, but not off. One time I came home from work and the oven was on. It had been on for at least 4 hours unattended with no one in the house but the furbabies.

DH did something like this once, only it was one of the gas burners on the stove. How did he not notice?!?

Ok, he actually might be trying to kill you.

[esdreturns]

May 17, 2012 8:53:16 GMT -5 doglove said:

ESD - I went to plug in the iron this morning and saw that it was still plugged in. FI left for NYC yesterday MORNING. I thought of this thread this morning when I saw that and laughed. Thank GOD for the automatic shut off.

LOL DL!