We should have been concerned when it poured for 18+ hours yesterday but we weren't. We just went about our day and snuggled in for the night listening to the rain outside our window. Unfortunately, this morning we woke to find that our basement had been flooded with around 5-6 inches of water at some point during the night and then the water had slowly drained away. The culprit was a 'overwhelmed' storm drain in the driveway. Everything in the basement, which is where our guest bedroom, TV room, garage and laundry/storage room are, had floated to a new location during the flood. Thankfully, we were able to salvage most of our photo albums (there are photos drying all over the house currently), books and electronics downstairs. And after spending the day at the laundry mat, we got most of our clothes and extra bedding dry. The landlord showed up to help and decided the only option was to rip out the carpet and padding immediately so the floors could dry and the carpet could eventually be replaced. So....everything had to be moved and now we have an unfinished basement full of wet furniture and lots of other stuff. Ugh. We've managed to laugh through the stress of it all and be thankful it was water and not something a lot more smelly and disgusting....
So much for skiing during our long weekend!
*The title of this blog entry is because we have had several friends and family in town the last few weeks, which is fabulous, and have started referring to our house as the "Awesome B&B." We have discussed changing our last name to "Awesome" since we have different last names and can't seem to agree on a solution! Dave & Lindsay Awesome. It has a nice ring to it, don't you think?
So much for skiing during our long weekend!
*The title of this blog entry is because we have had several friends and family in town the last few weeks, which is fabulous, and have started referring to our house as the "Awesome B&B." We have discussed changing our last name to "Awesome" since we have different last names and can't seem to agree on a solution! Dave & Lindsay Awesome. It has a nice ring to it, don't you think?
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