pool in the basement!
Yesterday, Pat came down and gave us our washer (finally) Christina was over, and it was a wonderful surprise for Mom. with Pat, Jack, Dad, Bobby, Mom, Me and Sis we got the washer down here, then Kenny came home with my car and Uncle Kenny and hooked it up for us. we were outside visiting and we all heard a loud pop! and i jumped up almost went into the living room, and someone told me to check the basement. i don't even remember running down here, but i rounded that corner and saw about 5 inches of water on the floor. i said some curse word i can't remember and all of a sudden everyone was down here. Mom started moving the Christmas boxes out of the water, i moved the blanket that was covering the drain, Kenny unplugged my electrical stuff, and Sis got the chords off of the floor. everyone concerned about something different. but we all got the job done... in about 10 minutes the drain did its job and sucked out all the standing water, then we just started drying stuff. in about 20 minutes total we had all the wet out and everything back in order, and the popped hose back on the washer. I was just happy that with all that water that nothing got ruined, nothing even got the slightest bit damaged. the only things that got wet were dryable. and my dresser, my real wood, not easily movable dresser, wasn't touched by the water at all. even though it was on the same half of the basement as the washer. I'm so glad, i was trying to figure out how to lay out the room so that i could plug in all my stuff, and that the good furniture was out of the way that water could and would be comming from in the event that soemthing leaked. i actually even used marbles to see which way water would flow... i'm a goof. but in the end, the 10 minutes of playing with marbles saved a lot of stress. :D i love being right