On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 15:05:16 -0600, Damsel in dis Dress
> wrote:

>Boron Elgar >, if that's their real name, wrote:
>
>>Check with your insurance company about your policy and see if it
>>covers smoke damage. There are companies that will come in & clean
>>walls, carpets, drapes, upholstered pieces, etc., and get rid of the
>>smell.
>
>Yeah, I'm sure it's covered, but we can take care of the surprisingly
>little smoke damage. The main floor is just fine. No problem. What
>really ****es me off (about myself) is that I had done a million loads of
>laundry and stacked it all on a kitchen table I use for folding clean
>clothes. I never brought the stuff upstairs and put it away. If I had, I
>wouldn't have to re-wash 75% of our clothing. I think what we had was more
>fumes than smoke. Visible fumes, but not smoke in the usual sense of the
>word. I'm sure some electricity-savvy person will know what I'm talking
>about and translate that statement into English.

Sigh. This is a habit I have, too. You may have broken me of it.
>
>>And call your MD to be sure you have your meds handy, just it case it
>>really gets to you!
>
>My nebulizer is plugged in and ready to be used at a moment's notice, and I
>hoard inhalers, so there's at least one in every room of the house, and one
>in my jacket pocket. I just took a couple Benadryl, and hope to be
>drifting off to la-la land soon. Gotta be up in four hours, though.
>American Idol is on. <G>

What's in the nebulizer - albuterol or Xopenex?
>
>Both excellent pieces of advice. You're a good egg!

Sunny side up!
>
>Carol