Ahhh the summer solstice, an 80 degree Sunday and Nathan and I have a water filled day of river kayaking planned. Well, water filled maybe but no kayaking this day. I woke early Sunday morning to find no water coming out of the bathroom faucet. Hmmm?
After opening the basement door to check the water heater ,I think, in my still drowsy state...'why do I hear water running?' It seems that the water softener failed sometime in the night (thank goodness we were home) and water was pumping (about 3 inches) into our basement. After shutting off the water valve, the water was able to drain fairly quickly and while the plumber was replacing our softener...Nate and I started a huge purge.
After opening the basement door to check the water heater ,I think, in my still drowsy state...'why do I hear water running?' It seems that the water softener failed sometime in the night (thank goodness we were home) and water was pumping (about 3 inches) into our basement. After shutting off the water valve, the water was able to drain fairly quickly and while the plumber was replacing our softener...Nate and I started a huge purge.
Although a few of my projects were damaged, most of the other stuff was just waiting for us to make a decision on whether to keep, donate or pitch anyway. Most got pitched, a carload sent to Goodwill, a few were set aside for Craiglist and a couple got put on the curb for fellow salvagers to enjoy. Oh, and if you are putting something out on the curb to share, leaving a note (especially if it is mechanical) is a nice gesture. I put out a lamp (noting that it worked) and in 10 minutes it got snatched up. Just a nice touch I think.
Well, not exactly how we expected our Sunday to go, but we got a crap load of things organized, cleaned and purged. We might of added a little vodka to it later that day, but we certainly were able to make lemonade out of some soggy lemons.
Hope you had a great weekend, Father's Day and a wonderful start to SUMMER.
5 comments:
i'm sorry to hear about your basement. now i kind of wish that my garage would get flooded, so that we'd having motivation to get rid of our stuff out there! (: hope you have a good monday! and way to make light of what most would think is a really stressful situation!
Ugh, flooding is awful. But I'm glad it worked out for the best! I get the same way about purging - once I start, I can't stop until it's all done! And then you feel so unburdened after.
oh no! big bummer when that happens. our basement flooded 2 years ago (with poo!) and it was a BIG headache. Now everytime it rains hard my husband and i are checking it every hour. sorry to hear :(
Oh no! That's so sad to hear! I'm glad you were able to make the best of the situation, but, such a bummer to be forced to do it because of a silly appliance wigging out!
The silver lining--a cleaner basement, though its a mess to deal with. If it weren't for the annual spring flood, we'd be condemned for being pack rats.
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