The Long Silence

My last post was Thursday March 8. It had been a great week. Then Friday morning the flood came forth. Quite litereally!! My dear sis-in-law managed to flood my kitchen.....using the upstairs toilet. I had a waterfall of toilet water streaming out my kitchen light fixture. There were several gallons overall. Under the fridge, the stove, on top of the cabinets, and on top of the fridge. It was dripping though the ceiling on the other side of the room. AAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

We mopped up the mess and called the insurance. They said not to repair it until the claims adjuster could come. That would be Monday morning.

My mother came over and helped us pack up all the food because we didn't want it to get exposed to anything. We packed up the kids and moved to her house several blocks away. Monday morning the claims adjuster came and issued us a nice little check. Then the fun began. We had to rip out a nice size piece of the ceiling and get it replaced. As a result this is what it looked like.

This was Monday night. Tuesday morning I moved my family back home and spent almost 10 hours cleaning and disinfecting from the top to the bottom. Thank you to all who helped!!!!!

I still have a hole there but my amazing husband has since installed four lovely recessed lights and after we spray to kill any mold there might be my new ceiling will go up and I can start painting.

Through all of this though, we have managed to get a new tub for our bathroom. This is something that I'm really excited about. I'll post more pictures as events warrant. Needless to say, there hasn't been much sewing since Thursday evening a week ago. HOPEFULLY. TODAY.