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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
"The Flood"
Back in May, we had a flood in our house. We had a meeting to attend, so we had a babysitter over with the boys. There was a poopy shirt soaking in the sink in the boys' bathroom that I had forgotten about and Cleod turned the water on and left it. I don't know what was going through his head...
Anyway, we came home to our friends (the babysitter's parents) cleaning up water from the bathroom, into the hallway and worst of all, into the kitchen BELOW! Silas and I spent several hours that night shop-vaccing the upstairs carpet, but the more water we got up, the more there seemed to be! It was crazy. It flooded into the hallway, the laundry room, the boy's closet and our closet, which are each adjacent to the bathroom. So we decided to go to bed and call the insurance company in the morning.
The next morning our insurance called a company to come and check everything out. They decided that the vinyl in the bathroom and laundry room was damaged and the padding in the hallway and the two closets had to be ripped out.
They put tons of fans around to dry the subfloor. (Two in the bathroom, three in the hallway, one in our closet, two in the boy's room, two in the kitchen and two dehumidifiers.) Those were the longest three days of my life. They were noisy and the house felt dirty with them blowing.
Anyway, we got everything dry. Then we had an insurance assessor come out. Silas had talked about doing tile in the boys' bathroom and I didn't want to but the assessor kind of talked me into it. My nice Dad helped, really did it all, and we ended up getting some of our deductible back. Sweet.
After the tile, we had new padding put in where they had taken it out, had the carpet restretched and had some vinyl put in the laundry room. At this point I wasn't really happy the seams in the doorways were really obvious. I called the carpet guy and he told me that there was probably nothing that they could do but he would call the insurance company. WELL, the insurance company approved NEW CARPET. I was so excited! We had to pay for Cora's room, but the insurance covered everything else. In fact, we had carpet in our bathroom (dumb) and I asked the carpet guy about that. He put in vinyl without us having to pay anything. That is probably my favorite part. Oh, the money part might be my favorite actually. Although we weren't planning on renovating, we ended up spending LESS than our deductible and getting new flooring in our entire upstairs and the stairs!
Here is a bunch of stuff piled in the bathroom on the day that the carpet was put in. That was my LEAST favorite part: hauling everything downstairs (except what fit in the bathroom) and hauling it back up. Oh and I ripped out all the carpet myself too, so save money on the carpet for Cora's room.
A view of part of our room and the new vinyl in our bathroom.
Boys sleeping on the new carpet that first night. It is pretty soft.
Moral of the story: Don't leave soaking clothes in the sink...and have good insurance, especially if you have boys!
Anyway, we came home to our friends (the babysitter's parents) cleaning up water from the bathroom, into the hallway and worst of all, into the kitchen BELOW! Silas and I spent several hours that night shop-vaccing the upstairs carpet, but the more water we got up, the more there seemed to be! It was crazy. It flooded into the hallway, the laundry room, the boy's closet and our closet, which are each adjacent to the bathroom. So we decided to go to bed and call the insurance company in the morning.
The next morning our insurance called a company to come and check everything out. They decided that the vinyl in the bathroom and laundry room was damaged and the padding in the hallway and the two closets had to be ripped out.
They put tons of fans around to dry the subfloor. (Two in the bathroom, three in the hallway, one in our closet, two in the boy's room, two in the kitchen and two dehumidifiers.) Those were the longest three days of my life. They were noisy and the house felt dirty with them blowing.
Anyway, we got everything dry. Then we had an insurance assessor come out. Silas had talked about doing tile in the boys' bathroom and I didn't want to but the assessor kind of talked me into it. My nice Dad helped, really did it all, and we ended up getting some of our deductible back. Sweet.
After the tile, we had new padding put in where they had taken it out, had the carpet restretched and had some vinyl put in the laundry room. At this point I wasn't really happy the seams in the doorways were really obvious. I called the carpet guy and he told me that there was probably nothing that they could do but he would call the insurance company. WELL, the insurance company approved NEW CARPET. I was so excited! We had to pay for Cora's room, but the insurance covered everything else. In fact, we had carpet in our bathroom (dumb) and I asked the carpet guy about that. He put in vinyl without us having to pay anything. That is probably my favorite part. Oh, the money part might be my favorite actually. Although we weren't planning on renovating, we ended up spending LESS than our deductible and getting new flooring in our entire upstairs and the stairs!
Here is a bunch of stuff piled in the bathroom on the day that the carpet was put in. That was my LEAST favorite part: hauling everything downstairs (except what fit in the bathroom) and hauling it back up. Oh and I ripped out all the carpet myself too, so save money on the carpet for Cora's room.
A view of part of our room and the new vinyl in our bathroom.
Boys sleeping on the new carpet that first night. It is pretty soft.
Moral of the story: Don't leave soaking clothes in the sink...and have good insurance, especially if you have boys!
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Happy birthday to me!
Yesterday was Cora's 1st birthday, and my 29th.
She is the best birthday present ever!
She is the best birthday present ever!
Saturday, December 17, 2011
No singing at the table!
When I was growing up, we had a rule: No singing at the table. When Silas and I were first married, I found out that he had the same rule at his house. We wondered why our parents would have such a silly rule about something so innocent as singing.
Oh how naive!
When our three boys the ages 6, 5 and 3 who sing "The Imperial March" from Star Wars at every meal, or better yet, all sing different random songs at the same time, we realize why our parents had this wise rule.
Oh how naive!
When our three boys the ages 6, 5 and 3 who sing "The Imperial March" from Star Wars at every meal, or better yet, all sing different random songs at the same time, we realize why our parents had this wise rule.
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Stockings
When Silas was a teenager, his family made flannel stockings with individualized appliques on them. Silas's was a set of bagpipes. We both liked this stocking so much that each time we have a new family member, we add to our homemade stockings. This year I made one for Cora. It seemed a little weird, because she is almost a year, but she was born two days AFTER Christmas, so this is her first Christmas.
Anyway, we love our stockings! Oh, and I know, the angel is a little big compared to the others...Haha!
Friday, December 9, 2011
Halloween
I know, it's December...but here we go.
We had a great Halloween. We usually tag along with our friends the Warbys, which is always fun. We went to their ward's Trunk or Treat, which I am convinced is the best way to spend Halloween! We just sat there at the car and watched our kids in a safe environment. They had so much fun!
Silas got to finally be Mr. Rogers, since he had a homemade wool sweater knitted for him my a co-worker. Cora was a chick, Grant was a monkey, Ryan was Mario and Cleod was Luigi.
We had a great Halloween. We usually tag along with our friends the Warbys, which is always fun. We went to their ward's Trunk or Treat, which I am convinced is the best way to spend Halloween! We just sat there at the car and watched our kids in a safe environment. They had so much fun!
Silas got to finally be Mr. Rogers, since he had a homemade wool sweater knitted for him my a co-worker. Cora was a chick, Grant was a monkey, Ryan was Mario and Cleod was Luigi.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Girly stuff!
So, the other day, I felt painted Cora's toenails for the first time and curled her hair. She was very patient and nice while I played house. It was fun...and she is adorable! 
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