Smoke gets in my nerves....

so to speak! And yes I meant it literally. I was cooking beef stirfry yesterday afternoon. While I set the beef on the stove top on a medium heat I went to open my email and surf the net, blogging and do other net stuff. My bad...I forgot all about it. I was so engrossed on the computer when suddenly I heard a loud beeping sound of the smoke alarm system we have. Geez I was disoriented at first what was that sound all about. When I looked up at the ceiling I saw the smoke alarm lit up. Then wondered why it was beeping then I realized I am cooking. Golly! I forgot all about it! I turned to check the stove. There I saw my pot smoking and the beef was burnt. I immediately turned off the stove, take out the pan and sit it on the pot holder and then turned on the exhaust fan. I was still alarmed what to do with the alarm that keeps on beeping. Was afraid the fire fighters will come and sure I will be embarassed. Still freaking out I called my husband and asked him what to do to stop the alarm. I was blabbing fast that he told me to calm down and not to worry that much. The fire fighters will only come unless I called 911. He told me to take out the alarm's battery. But was glad the alarm went off before I could even touched it. I felt and hinted a smile on my husband's face when I heard him on the phone. He even congratulated me for my first test of the alarm thingy. Oh boy! The bottom line is..never ever forget when you have something in your stove and don't blog too much when you are cooking hehehe