So, I forgot my one big excuse for not updating in so long ;-) We came home from our Florida vacation to a finished basement. For 5 days, it was great. We got the boys' toys moved in there & they played down there all morning, happily. On day 6, we had a little problem! I'd taken William to Vacation Bible School, but he didn't want to stay, so I had to go back to pick him up after only 30 min. Thank goodness for small favors. Just as I was pulling into our garage, after only being gone about an hour, our builder came running around the side of the house shouting that he needed to get into the basement. Needless to say, I was confused until he shouted "water leak" and "running down the side of the house"!!! We raced down to the basement to find water pouring down from the corner above the tub & into our linen closet in the bathroom. There was about 2 inches of water on the floor & the carpet was soaking wet. Long story short, we spent all day pulling carpet up, soaking water up, and trying to dry things out. The insurance company took over the next day & it should take about 2-3 weeks to get it all replaced. It ended up being only a couple of sheetrock patches, some painting, and the carpet was declared a loss, so it will have to be replaced. Could have been so much worse, especially if I'd been running errands while William was at VBS like I'd planned!! I didn't even take any pictures of it while it was "fixed", as the boys now call it.
