Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Finished Basement

What's that you say? That doesn't look like it's finished? Okay, so it was finished. Four years to finish it and four hours (or much, much less) to rip it up. Needless to say we have been trying to take Elder Wirthlin's advice and laugh about it--what else can you do really?
This is the entrance to my laundry room and also the room where the water and more importantly MUD originated. Some something in our main sprinkler line that leads into the house cracked due to pressure or something like that and flooded our basement while we were at church last Sunday. NOT funny, I know, but there are people with worse trials than a messy house I guess so I'm trying to convince myself it's okay.
You probably can't tell what this is but it's a GIANT sink hole in my flower bed next to the offending sprinkler box. Where did all that dirt go you ask? Why in my basement of course!! Thank goodness for cleanup crews!! I have no idea how I would have cleaned all that up! It made me feel really sorry for flood victims who can't just call a cleanup crew and have them show up at their house 30 minutes later and take care of everything. Also, thank goodness for homeowners insurance--they don't cover everything, but they cover the most expensive things and for that I am grateful. It seems that this is my month for being tried to see if I can remain positive no matter how many inconvenient things happen. From kids barfing on the way to dance class, to nasty colds, to locking my keys in the car (stupid, I know, and all my fault, no kids to blame) to flooded basements and unexpected bills and, worst of all, to BYU getting smashed by TCU (yuck!!)--it's been a lovely month so far, things can only look up right? All I can say is BYU better win on Saturday or I quit!!! (wearing my BYU stuff that is, I can't quit anything else)