tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5148113527957790011.post980392139308232442..comments2011-01-02T09:49:55.328-08:00Comments on In Search of Normal: First Week of School Wrap UpAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865232366959284201noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5148113527957790011.post-54341952877255779132009-09-08T10:46:00.088-07:002009-09-08T10:46:00.088-07:00Don't know if you have one or not but Tim put ...Don't know if you have one or not but Tim put a sump pump in our basement after our first major rainfall as our (brand new) house is about a foot above the water table line. And we haven't had water in the basement since. Maybe this is something you all can look into. If I remember correctly it only cost about $150.00 and he did the work himself. We even had an engineer friend come over and tell us it was one of the best home jobs he has ever seen. Just a thought. Hope things go smoother this week. PS How is Yoda doing now?Dahliacthttp://yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5148113527957790011.post-25665915125239918782009-09-06T17:18:08.431-07:002009-09-06T17:18:08.431-07:00I have an award for you my loyal friend. Even if y...I have an award for you my loyal friend. Even if you have received it I wanted to give it to you myself.<br /><br />Thanks for visiting and encouraging me,<br />NannetteMocha Mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133819622642150044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5148113527957790011.post-3484299534919882792009-09-05T20:53:43.812-07:002009-09-05T20:53:43.812-07:00Well, you are being a creative home school mom. Th...Well, you are being a creative home school mom. That seems to be the way some homeschool days go. Life lessons are good. They don't get many of those at school. Well, not good wholesome ones anyway.<br /><br />hang in there and I'll pray about your basement. So sorry that happened.Mocha Mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133819622642150044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5148113527957790011.post-64246469502658211092009-09-05T13:02:09.194-07:002009-09-05T13:02:09.194-07:00You are a better mom than I. I would have thrown ...You are a better mom than I. I would have thrown school out the door and tried again this week!<br /><br />We had our share of water problems when we bought our house. We had an inspection that turned up nothing. The house had been vacant for 6 months as it was an estate sale. We bought at the end of a long drought and were here two weeks before the flood. After that each subsequent rain left several feet of water in our basement. We spent many a night, all night trying to dry it out. We went on like that for a year and a half, unable to do anything about the problem. (We had a layoff, a new baby, an additional pregnancy and new baby, a chronically ill child and other even more pressing house issues that had to be dealt with first...all in that 18 months) Finally, we were on vacation when hurricane Isabelle came through and left our house with no power for days and several feet of water in our basement. My dear brother dealt with all the issues in our absence. Because of the hurricane we were unable to stay in our hotel and spent 18 hours in a car with an exhausted and screaming new born. (The only time I can recall not enjoying a road trip with the family). We were exhausted and hungry and needed the facilities and there was no place to stop. Because of the damage from the hurricane we had to drive inland off the highway where there was NOTHING. We finally got home put the kids to bed and collapsed. Our eyes were not closed for an hour before the rain started. In a matter of minutes we heard the familiar sound of water flooding into the basement. We spent the next 6 or 8 hours with the shop vac and buckets trying to keep it out. I can not tell you how much I murmured at my dear husband in those hours. The rain stopped. He dressed and made the horrible commute to his office. Worked all day. Made the wretched commute back home. And got a shovel. We dug and dug that night until past dark and the next to put in trenches to divert the rain. We were never going to bale another drop of water. It worked...but I am still in awe of the power of water! <br /><br />Praying that you will soon find an answer to your trouble.<br /><br />katKathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214169887240603175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5148113527957790011.post-25718884013569505412009-09-04T21:04:46.387-07:002009-09-04T21:04:46.387-07:00Sounds about right for a first week! ;-) Keep on...Sounds about right for a first week! ;-) Keep on' keepin' on!! <br /><br />MOTH really helped me too!Grateful for Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429985486466317061noreply@blogger.com