remember how i was surprised by my hubby with a new refrigerator for christmas? well, i was finally able to return the favor.
i was able to buy my husband (drum roll please) ...
a plumber visit and a new sump pump! yeah!
and on top of that we got our kitchen sink snaked as well. apparently everything wants to go to crappola at once.
so it isn't a new tv or game console...but my gift definately improved our standard of living at home. since our current standard of living was staying up all night bailing water because it was raining in January, and we had over a foot of snow melt. we were also unable to use the kitchen sink because of the clot from hell.
but home is home again. we had good help and advice from our friends, and a seemingly competent plumber. we also have jobs with flexibility (my boss was sweet enough to offer to run out and buy us a backup sump pump at 7am in the morning), so it didn't turn out so bad.
did i mention that i grew up with an irrational fear of the sump pump? its a long story and potentially another blog post...but needless to say, the incident helped me face my demons.
good times were had by all.
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before we were married, steve's basement flooded while he was out of the house. the pipe froze and so although the sump worked, the water couldn't leave the house. we had to clean up about 6" of water...so now i'm freaked out too. although the pipe was re-routed when the basement was remodeled, it still scares me.
hopefully it won't happen again, but if it does, give us a shout. we're pretty handy with buckets!
good to know. nothing better than 2 prego women trying to bail water all through the night. :)
6" is a lot of water. yikes. do you know that you can add the sump pump/flooding thing onto your homeowner's insurance? we are thinking about it since our basement is finished.
Yeah, and it was awesome.
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