Our Flooded Basement

Well about the flooded basement. . . . It all happened the night of June 3rd - it hasn't stopped raining here in New England for over 3 weeks straight & the water tables are very high & tons of flooding. I hope we see some sun soon cuz its so depressing & very wet. Anyway our sump pump in the basement must have crapped out during the night. My step daughter Cara & I were watching a movie & it was actually about a mom & her daughter that moved into a high rise apt bldg in NY & it kept flooding. So after the movie Cara went downstairs to bed (her room is down there) & she came back up & said, "Mom, is there suppose to be water all over the floor downstairs." I went downstairs to look & sure enough water was coming in on most of the sides of the foundation. So I woke up my husband & he went down & looked at the sump pump & confirmed it was not working. Then he said we probably wouldn't get much more water in & he went to sleep. When we got up on Sunday am the whole entire basement (all 7 rooms) were flooded bigtime, every last inch of the basement was soaked with between 2-4" of water depending where you were. We lost lots of carpets, vinyl flooring, an entertainment center, anything that was on the floor, boxes of pictures, etc. I now learned the hard way I will NEVER pack anything in boxes again, always in plastic bins. Cuz ya never know when that one time flood will happen. I've lived here for 14 yrs & never had more than a tiny bit of water come in the basement near the bulkhead. This was horrible. Its still so wet down there & now the whole house smells like wet musty smell. If it ever stops raining maybe we can air out a couple of the carpets we are keeping & get them to dry out. I need the sunshine soon . . . can anyone send some sun my way please ................................

My New Grandson is Here

My new grandson has arrived & he is soooooooooo cute. He was born on my son's 6th birthday. Uncle Gman is so thrilled. There is 18 years between my daughter & my son. My daughter & her husband were so happy to have their new little son here with them. They named him Landon. I was able to be there for the birth. I have given birth twice but never watched the whole thing & boy its quite an experience (we'll leave it at that, lol). It was a long labor, she went in about 11:30pm on May 24th and he wasn't born until late afternoon on May 25th. He was well worth the wait though. I am lucky too that I only live two houses away from them so can visit him often & when his mom returns to work he'll be staying with me . . . his favorite Grammy. hehe

So tons has gone one since I made this blog & never blogged so I will have to play catch up but had to get this news in. Also have to post how we had my two step grandkids living with us, my son and his adventures in Kindergarten which is now almost over for the year, my step son joining the Army & is living in NC & deploying to Iraq in August (he's 18), my husband retiring from the army after 22 years & starting a new job in civilian life as a manager (boy its lots different than the Army), and our latest huge flood of our basement due to the rain for the past three weeks in the northeast. I NEED THE SUNSHINE!!!! Ok so i promise I'll post & fill ya all in very soon.