May. 10, 2009
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It is now Sunday a.m. and although the water has slowed it is still coming in. We have 5 bookcases (that were fully loaded), a desk, and the entertainment center balanced on bricks so the water can flow under and around. At some points it has been 1/2" deep. Fortunately it is only on the East and South walls. The West wall is where a "million" boxes of stuff are stacked. Yep, we are still having fun! |
May. 9, 2009
Part 2
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Steve returned from Wal-Mart at midnight and we mopped, sopped, and vac'd the basement until 1. The water kept coming up through the floor. We took sand and kitty litter and filled the crack to overflowing and built a dam of sand on the North side so the water would at least head the direction of the pump. This morning brought wet sand and water moving South. Steve spent hours patching the crack to only have the flow slow down but it also found new places to come up. Kind of like putting out a forest fire with your garden hose. At this point I guess we wait and see if it gets worse and continue to vac out the standing water. Man, do we ever know how to have fun on a weekend!! |
May. 8, 2009
Seller Lied!
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YEP, HE LIED
Do you remember the seller telling us that in 50 years this house had never had water in it? Then 30 minutes after we signed papers and got the keys we found the basement wet everywhere. Do you remember me telling you that when the rain pools up on the porch that it runs down the wall on the East side...in our "dry basement"? Well at 10:15 tonight Steve went downstairs to discover a measurable amount of water on the floor. We start mopping it up only to discover that it is coming up through the seam in the concert floor! We abandon the thought of using towels or even the mop and head for the shop vac. Tonight of all nights the vac decides to die, so now it stinks, we have towels in the crack trying to slow it down and Steve has made a dash 20 minutes to the next town to buy a new shop vac. Praise God for 24 hour Wal-Marts! MaKayla and I are wringing out the towels over the leak and replacing them. I have no idea what we will do to stop this during the night. We may be up and down all night wringing towels so it doesn't flood again. Yep, he lied! |
Apr. 23, 2009
IS IT STRANGE that
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I can sit at one end of the kitchen table and eat a bowl of rice while my daughter is at the other end of the table dissecting a worm for Biology lab? Although I'm not home schooling this year my heart still beats that way... I had to smile at how very normal it seemed to me |
Apr. 11, 2009
Introducing... *drum roll*
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"KASSIE" ANNE UNRUH! Labrador/German Shorthair We decided if you can't lick 'em, to join 'em... so we added a dog to the already overflowing neighborhood! 6 weeks old. The night we brought her home! MaKayla and Kassie Levi and Kassie So sweet! MaKayla took this picture! Finally being quite on the rope! Sittin' pretty! 6 weeks old. The night we brought her home!  MaKayla and Kassie  Levi and Kassie  So sweet! MaKayla took this picture!  Finally being quiet on the rope!  Sittin' pretty!  |
Apr. 6, 2009
A couple of things to ponder
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The pastor left me with these two comments to ponder. Total Inability before a Holy God. Jesus is in a category all by Himself... The One & Only Son of God. |