A Purl in the Ocean, sans Oyster
Last night it began to rain around 6:30, and by 10:00 p.m. the street and water mains were overflowing with water. Next. my backyard began to fill , and before long, three feet of water had collected outside the doors and windows and then, yes, it came pouring in everywhere - into my office/craft studio/basement. What a mess. We spent the night bailing water, and today, throwing away all the floating flotsum, moving my office and saving yarn. Then came the phone calls to the City, the insurance company, the guys who said they waterproofed the basement - and the clean up crews. It looks like the carpet has to be ripped out, walls repaired, and who else knows what.
Not sure how much blogging I'll be doing this week. But I'll try to come up for air long enough to say hello.
ooooohhhh darlin! That is not a happy moment. good luck with your clean up and I hope you didn't lose anything critical. Will be thinking of you!
btw: loving the "keeping knit together kit" bunches!!!
Posted by:maryann | August 29, 2006 at 07:47 AM
Oh no . . . . what terrible news. A true nightmare. Best of luck with all the clean up and insurance hassle. I'll be thinking of youi.
Posted by:Karen | August 29, 2006 at 08:12 AM
Oh no!!! Good luck with the clean up!
Posted by:Jennifer | August 29, 2006 at 09:29 AM
Oh wow. I'm so sorry. Good luck with the clean up and dealing with all the invovled parties.
Posted by:scribblesnbits | August 29, 2006 at 09:54 AM
ohmygod that's awful. I hope you get it cleaned up soon - and I hope you could save your stash.
Posted by:JessaLu | August 29, 2006 at 10:41 AM
I'm so sorry you're having the water trouble. That happened to us all the time when I grew up and I know it's no fun. Your picture is very, very clever! :)
Posted by:Beth | August 29, 2006 at 04:10 PM
Oh no!! How horrible.
Posted by:Jenni | August 29, 2006 at 10:35 PM
Poor you. Hope you can get back to noromal asap.
Posted by:sarah | August 31, 2006 at 12:21 PM