Chirp Chirp!

 I need to replace the battery on my smoke alarm but even standing on a chair I am two inches shy of reaching it. I could try to stand on a stack of slippery encyclopedias and end up falling down the stairs or I could wait until my husband comes home. My neighbor is 6 inches taller than me but she is blind. You can't win sometimes.

UPDATE: found my tall red studio stool to stand on and reached the offending battery. Now dog and human are happy.