... just as I was settling into the summer, staying out of the heat and spending more time in my studio, catching up on the abundance of projects that have been begging to be worked on .... I got a little sidetracked ...
NOT by choice ...
July 24, my husband came downstairs around 1 am and stepped into 5" of water covering our entire downstairs floor ... he hollered up to me .... who was still in a deep sleep ..... there's water on the floor ....
oh, really???
Being in the insurance business, we knew just who to call, and Service Master was at our door at 3 am with a crew of workers, blowers, dehumidifiers, and water removal equipment .....
They sucked up the water, removed the baseboards, put the necessary holes in the walls and left us to dry out ....
5 days and lots of heat later .... the blowers and dehumidifiers left ... only to find out that the water had corroded the motherboard on the furnace that controlled the A/C unit ... no wonder it was so hot in the house .... 100 degrees one day with 80% humidity ... pretty bad when its cooler outside than in!!
And this is my pretty kitchen after the blowers left and the hardwood was torn up .... thank goodness we were able to remove the plastic after a few days ...
Good bye beautiful hardwood ......
I'm very thankful that my art studio is upstairs and came through this event untouched ... well, until I have to pack it up for the remodel ...
I'm thankful for Farmers Insurance, who has been fabulous through this, and everyone who has reached out to help us .... I just keep looking forward to a couple (or 3) months down the road when we are whole again ...
The moral of this story is ... know where your main water shut off valve is at all times!!
Stay dry .....
.. I've certainly had my moments of insanity! But I pick up the pieces and get back to doing whatever I can to help with any part of this process. The photo above is/was my studio .. the only place I found sanity, but now that the painters have started, there's not too much going in there anymore. They're doing the slow tedious stuff first, so I'm hoping over the next couple days they'll pick up some speed. I can't wait to show you the "after" photos!
This is the living room ... funny thing ... what I miss the most is just having a chair to sit in for a moments rest!
Well back to shuffling stuff to keep out of the painters way!
