The Flood of '08...

So, Kaleb had gone to spend the night with a friend, and Karsyn and Garry were snuggled up in the chair watching a movie! I took this opportunity to catch up on some laundry and e-mails!!! With Kaleb being gone, the back part of the house was uninhabited... (is that a word??) Anyway, lights were off all was quiet back there! I emerged from the office to hear water and thinking it was the rinse cycle, headed back to add some downey to the load... so I thought! I didn't quite make it to the hall before I stepped in something very wet and cold! It was water!!!! And the washer was not rinsing, it had never stopped filling!!!! The dog bowls were literally floating! I grabbed a broom and began sweeping the water out the back door, while Garry grabbed our shop-vac! As he began sucking up water, we knew this was much more than our little 5 gallon shop-vac could handle! So we called in the calvary... friends and a restoration company... Water was literally everywhere. It was flowing out of Kaleb's room out into the garage from under the wall! Karsyn's room was flooded all the way back through the closet, and from the kids bathroom and game closet, the water passed to our bathroom and closet!!! After staying up until 2am and living with 6 days of those large industrial sized fans and dehumidifiers all over our house, everything was finally dry! We had to learn to talk at a normal volume again instead of yelling over the fans, but it was dry! We are waiting on insurance to settle, so until we can move things back, we are enjoying a huge slumber party with extra mattresses in our room. And for those of you who know me well, you will understand that I am going nuts with this unorganized mess! Check out the pics! We will keep you posted on the disaster relief efforts!
Karsyn's room (i.e. the dining room)

Kaleb's room (i.e. the sunroom)

Karsyn's "playroom" (i.e. the front entry)