Saturday, I came home to flooding.....

     I rained here the entire 27 hours I was gone.  I left Lewiston at 10 a.m. to get to the Spokane airport and it was rainy and terrible foggy all the way.  Then My cousins flight was delayed out of Seattle so I was not able to get out of the airport  the second time and home to my daughters until after 2 in the morning.  My aunts flight came in fine.  We left Spokane about 10:00 in the morning, but the drive was slow due to heavy fog.  When I got home I was carrying my cousins suitcase into her room.  I had not turned on the light but I thought a piece of paper or something was stuck to my foot, because it was making a funny sound.  Well it was water!!!!!  The entire room was soaked.

     We just put over $2000.00 into the room with new Sheetrock, molding, paint, carpets, doors.  So hubs (mostly hubs) spent the rest of the afternoon sucking water out of the carpet and putting out fans.  I was so upset.  Then I found out that the whole valley was flooding and everywhere around us.  Our fire department had over 40 calls in one hour because of flooding and  electrical problems that morning.  I had a police officer come over with a mending job and he said it was chaos.  We are not the only ones.  But still, really this brand new room?  I swear I will never buy a house with a basement again.  Our son in law Paul will not own a home with a basement he said too many flooding issues and there is no way to make them water tight in a flooding situation. Anyway hoping this was anomaly and I can't wait to sell this dang house.

     While I was gone the contractor started on the shower in the master bath.  We should have that installed by the end of the day.  Then there will just be painting and a little sheet rock work on a crack running up one wall, that has been there since we bought the house.  Progress is being made.

     Now my poor cousin who is a trooper slept in Noah's ark.  It was drying out, but a little damp.  Aunty and I got right to work on a quilt top which I will take a picture of when I finish it.  I am excited.  It is very confusing and I will need to make a few to really get the idea of how it is done, but my Aunt is a great teacher.  She look so much like my dad and it brings back memories of him.  They are bitter sweet.

     My cousin was the oldest of all of us by a couple of years and I just worshiped the ground she walks on when I was young,  Actually I still do.  She is wise beyond her years and a real comfort to our family. I am so happy to have her here.

     So other than drying out carpeting I will spend my day learning to quilt with my Aunty.  Quilting is hard for me because it is so exacting and I am not an exact person.  These will be good lessons for me.

     I will keep you posted on the drama here.

Have a great and productive day staying positive in the negative.

Kim