Monday, Sept 21st - WATER DAMAGE!

Pat got up at 6 am as he does every work day and went downstairs to step into water. He heard dripping and wondered who was doing laundry?

Instead he found a major leak in our dining room and the majority of our downstairs with about two inches of water in it.

He turned off the water and ran back upstairs to wake me.

I backed out the cars and we started moving anything and everything to the garage.

Jared & Jen and their four kids were visiting, so went back up to wake Jared to help for the kids began waking up.

Here is the stain our computer made on the Living Room/Dining Room floor. Thank goodness the computer was not damaged or ruined.

We started texting neighbors looking for a wet/dry vac and Saul came over immediately with his and to help.

The kids began waking by 6:30 am, so Jen kept them all upstairs while the guys shoved water out the front and back doors.

And continued to fill our garage with our stuff. It still looks this way today except I organized it a little better this week. I worked on calling the insurance company to file our claim and then called a restoration company to come out.

The carpet got pulled out of the LR/DR that day. We have been really lucky and not had any real major damage.

Our neighbors were great life savers and had us over Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday as needed to keep us out of the house, fed, bathed and entertained.

We did stay in a hotel those three nights also. On Thursday about noon they took the air blowers and dehumidifier machines out and let us turn the heat off and air conditioner back on.

We moved all the kids toys upstairs and in their bedrooms......it's a good thing and a bad thing! ;)

Our kitchen table has a stain on it now - maybe from putting the chairs upside down on it to get them out of the water?

So, now you know why I am behind AGAIN! We did get some funds from the claim already. Contractor coming Monday to start fixing drywall, painting, baseboards, etc. Carpet has been ordered, but probably won't be installed for another two weeks. They will be here any minute to measure for it. So much fun, but could be so much worse - we are very thankful it was not!