When told by Mr. Flood Restoration that we could salvage our carpet if we acted asap, but that a serious cost would be moving our furniture and stuff (fyi, TV is not stuff!), Grizzled and I responded with a unanimous, "Pffffft!!!" We assured him we could do it ourselves, moving our furniture and "stuff" would be no problem... and it really wasn't.
Was it a mental pain in the ass? Sure. Was it something I'd rather not do during Christmas vacation? Yes. But was it the biggest task?? Hell no!!! We'd gotten emptying our basement down to a fine art! We had turned loading our bathroom and laundry room with the contents of the main room into a game of Tetrus, filling every square inch with the perfect size and shape. Through practice and paring down of goods, we had become, the Indy Pit Crew of emptying our basement.
I'd like to think we've reached perfection and will not be tested again, but I know better, so talk of French drains and regrading continue to fill the air, but in the meantime, we were almost giddy when we took on the task of clearing it out once again. We can do this. We know this. I swear, I think we were both tempted to set a stopwatch...

.jpg)


Recent Comments