Stinky Stinky & Aftermath!

Let me tell you a story...when I was in the shower on Wednesday, our alarm started going off...thankfully I hadn't set it so I knew we weren't being robbed. I jumped out of the shower, threw on my robe and ran down to the basement where the main alarm system box is...that entire storage room was wet and dripping. The water was leaking onto the box for our security system, causing it to continuously go off. So I ran back up to the main floor bathroom to find a completely overflowed toilet which had caused the initial problem. FABULOUS! I ran upstairs to get dressed and Dane had been woken up because of the alarm going off. So I grabbed him, ran to my room to get dressed, tried to calm down my freaked out dog (Barley is VERY sensitive)and called Cameron (if only you could have been a fly on the wall...it wasn't pretty). Cameron was in Chicago for work....an hour away. So Cameron's dad came over to check things out. I will save you from all the dramatic details - our sewer main was completely backed up. We were without use of our bathrooms for 2 days. I truly don't know how Laura Engalls handled it all so well...it's not fun! See below for pictures of what had to be done to repair it....

Lovely, isn't it?How our yard looks now:Doesn't it sound a bit like...