Uh oh! you know all that rain on Saturday? Yeah… it came into the construction zone.
Yes it was tarped… but… clearly not enough. We have investigated with our insurance agent… we know what our deductible is so we will see how much damage needs repairing.
Fortunately, it doesn’t seem the drywall took on any water.
Sunday, this is how the situation looked:
The water has receded. Not everything is dry yet. Damage assessment still to come.
Rain, Rain, go away….
Come again another day…
Mommy and Esther want to play…
Rain, Rain, go away.
The garden is loving this rain. The weeds are loving this rain. Some of my thistle weeds are at least 3 foot tall. I just can’t get them pulled faster than they can grow. Also, it means the grass will grow and that is generally an issue around here… getting it all mowed at the same time. It will need to be all mowed before next Wednesday… good luck with that!
The gutters need cleaned because the rain is overflowing them inappropriately and thus making it wet in the basement. However, cleaning the gutters in the rain does not sound like fun. Hopefully that will get done this weekend.
3 of my kids are at camp this week. Sleeping listening to the rain in a canvas tent or adirondack in the woods is great! However, sloshing around camp trying to cook out or hike or do other activities gets old after a while in the rain. Today is Thursday, they should be cooking out supper tonight… the rain could clear up a bit and the sun come out to allow the wood to dry. Though, I’m proud to say that my 2 counselor daughters are masters of camping and pretty much RULE the woods. They have learned, from all their years of camping, to carry sassafras in their backpacks so they can start a fire anywhere, anytime, and usually with just one match! Someday one of them will be on Survivor. Though, I fear, that Abi is too much of a “leader” for Survivor and would get voted off early. Still it would be fun to watch her on the show. She has watched almost every episode over the years. 🙂
Since it is raining, the pool I was supposed to vacuum today will have to wait till tomorrow. It isn’t so urgent that standing in the rain next to an electric cord is something I want to do.
Somehow the rain caused power loss at about 5:30am. Our lines are buried to the house, so any power loss happens down stream from us. Not sure what happened, but turning off computers and all those beeping battery backups at 5:30am was just barrels of fun! NOT! Power was restored about 2 hours later.
I guess the rain will allow Esther and I to wash dirty clothes and clean up inside today. Maybe today would be a great day to cook something new from our Little House cookbook. I’ll have to see what sounds good.
It is too early to start preparing for the 4th of July festivities. If I made the Chex Mix today, it would just be consumed before then and I’d have to make more. As it is, I will have to make at least 4 batches so that there is enough for the whole week.
Rain isn’t a bad thing. Sometimes it is inconvenient, but we need the water. Maybe if it does clear up today Esther and I can go out to play. There is a mini golf place we have wanted to try. 😉
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