I had a post all ready to go about how to make cute little Halloween treats but I have to post about the wreckage that has been my evening.
This afternoon I met my awesome friend Jet Set for lunch and a movie with our mischievous boys; we saw Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and had a fabulous afternoon in general. Things were going so well I thought I’d top off my day with a trip to D.I. so I could find something amazing like the mirrors my friend Kami found last week. I spent two hours in D.I. and found nothing. Nada. Zilch.
On the way home I had a great talk with C {Precocious and Viktor are having a father-daughter camp-out} about the world market and the gold standard and was prepared to take a trashy magazine and a cold Diet Dr. Pepper with me into a hot bubble bath and call it a night.
I opened the door to the laundry room to get my Mod Podge {post forthcoming about my project} and was greeted by a tidal wave of water. Literally, pools of water flowing towards me bubbling around my feet {turns out the laundry room is tilted}. After wading through the inches of water I found an overflowing toilet at the back of the laundry room. It had to have been running since before we left for lunch, but I really don’t want to think about the particulars.
I said some colorful words I don’t normally allow the children to hear and ran for the shed to find the Wet-Dry Vac. The shed lights are all burned out and it’s filled to the brim with Viktor detritus so I had a bit of a fun time finding the vacuum. In the meantime I heard the plaintive meows of the missing kitty from yesterday {C and his preschool buddies barricaded the playhouse with bricks to contain a group of newborn kitties}. I hate cats but I’m not heartless so I had to dig through the layers of kayaks and mountain bikes of yesteryear to rescue the little thing in the dark.
Meanwhile, the laundry room was still ankle deep in toilet water and I had no one to help me clean it up. SIGH.
The final outcome:
C returned the lost white kitty to its rightful owner while I cleaned up the laundry room with a Wet-Vac that clogged up more than it sucked. I used every available scrap towel in the house and garage to clean up the muck and we ate lunch leftovers barely warmed over in the microwave for dinner.
Happy Fall Break, wish you were here!
Allison
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OMH! If I were your neighbor DH and I would've been over there in a heartbeat with our shop vac. He may have quite the collection in the garage but that one tool is always handy. (Yes, we've had to use it quite often.) I am SO sorry! Why do those things always happen when DH is out of the house? If only you'd have found a wonderful treasure at DI you could've faced anything…even inches of toilet water. You deserve an 88-ouncer tomorrow!
88 INDEED.
It's always when Viktor is out of town….
I can tell you we have had our share of clogged and over flowing toilets. I think we have just about replaced every toilet in our house. Sorry you had such a yucky night. The cat was really cute. I know I know you don't like them but it was cute.
Mmm… kittens!
I think the menfolk plan absences to coincide with their travel plans. Buttheads.
It was a lovely afternoon, wasn't it?
And the E.G. puked all over the family room, and the hallway, and I ended up having to steam clean all the carpets.
Just….lovely.
tomorrow is saturday.
Boo. That bites. It sounds like you're having a pretty good attitude about it, though – better than most would, I think. I hope thinks look up tomorrow.
this sounds more like a monday than a friday.
things can only go up, right?
No! No way! Sorry we're not neighbors, I would have come over to problem solve, commiserate, and yell things like "no no no! stop happening! stop doing that!" which is what I tend to yell when things go wrong. It rarely fixes the situation but it's something to do.
oh my. the stuff always hits the fan when i am flying solo too, i feel ya lady. did you get your bath and ddp after all? you deserve it.
Oh goodness! Sorry that happened! Hope things get better from here!
that really sucks! i ended up spending the night with my feverish coughing daughter as my husband was lounging in a hotel in san diego.
NOOOOOO! Soooooo sorry! Of course it happened while V was gone!!!
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OH no!! We just had water in my basement and it is still drying…
I wish I could have helped.
Why do these things always happen when the husband is away?!
oh dear, i'm so sorry to hear about this. we had water damage problems this summer too. it's not fun.
Wow! I go away for the weekend and you have all kinds of fun! Hope things are better. And these things always happen at the most inconvenient times when spouses are missing.
OH NO!!!
No!
That is the WORST!
Call ServPro people (if you have them where you are). Insurance should pay for them, and they'll make sure to do whatever they do that prevents mold growth, etc….
Hang in there!!