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December 2, 2006
We Had Too Much Stuff, Anyway
I'm from Texas. I don't know anything about basements. Or sump pumps.
Now I know what it looks like when a pump breaks, and your basement is covered in half an inch of water. That's not a lot of water, all things considered; unless your basement contains several cardboard boxes, holding your stuff. As it turns out, half an inch of water is enough to wreck a great many boxes. Especially boxes full of books. Especially when no one noticed the water for hours, so it had plenty of time to thoroughly soak into the boxes.
Really, though, I don't care about the stuff. It's stuff, it can go. I'm irritated about the inconvenience of now having to move everything out of the basement, while the carpet is replaced, and other repairs are made.
The one thing that upsets me is that one of the boxes which got completely soaked was the box full of the kids' artwork. Oh, that hurts.
Update: There's also the inconvenience of not being able to send the boys down to the basement to do their crazy-making running around.
Posted by lynx at December 2, 2006 9:31 PM
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If the water didn't cause it to run, do your best to take photos of the art before the art goes.
We've been in this boat, so to speak.
Posted by: Heidi at December 3, 2006 8:16 AM
Oh that does hurt! My sis puts a layer of rubbermaid tubs on the bottom and then boxes on top. Says its a small cost to not have the cleanup next time her basement leaks. I remember her frustration with trying to get the soggy stuff out of the basement too.
Posted by: MamaB at December 3, 2006 12:22 PM
Aw, man. I'm sorry. I grew up with a wet basement, sump pumps and all. Not fun. I second the Rubbermaid bins.
Posted by: Drew at December 4, 2006 7:39 AM
Oh, yuck. I'm from Texas, too, and I'm not even sure what a sump pump is. Ernie mentioned it the other day when he went down to check our basement.
I'm so sorry. That sucks.
Posted by: KathyJo at December 5, 2006 8:19 AM
Ooooh, so sorry to hear about it. Another fan of Rubbermaid totes. Also, dh is big on laying 2 by 4s down for stuff to set on. Can you tell how we spent our childhoods?
Posted by: GailV at December 5, 2006 6:15 PM
My cousins from Texas were recently visiting and were envious of my mom's basement (you can visit and not have kids being crazy in your midst). They haven't seen the "dark side" of the basement.
I'm so sorry. Hope it gets fixed quickly.
Posted by: Staci at December 9, 2006 8:58 AM