A Cleaning Day

Today Tom and I spent all day cleaning out the basement. My dad and brother also helped for many hours. I am so lucky to have such great family! My friend Alison took A all day and even took B after school. The best part is that she took them out to dinner with her kids so I didn't have to cook. I am so blessed! We got a ton done on the basement. All the items are out and at the curb, the carpet and padding are out, the new hot water heater is in and the new furnace is coming tomorrow. I now get to start looking for a new washer and dryer. My brother did a bang-up job on the mopping and disinfecting the entire basement. I might add that it was REALLY gross too.

I am still amazed with the amount of garbage we have at the end of the driveway. I can't believe we had all this stuff in the basement. Remember, we saved most of our stuff. I can't imagine what the pile would look like if we hadn't. It is sort of nice to think that I got rid of all this stuff and now I will go through all the rest to see what I really want to keep. I am not happy about the thought of storing it all somewhere, but perhaps a rental facility for a short time while the basement gets all new and pretty. maybe the flood was not so bad after all? Just kidding! It was still really bad. I probably would have saved more if it was just rain water. the thought of sewer water on all this stuff totally grosses me out. Nothing is worth saving after it has touched sewer water.

Thanks again for all of your concerns and dry thoughts. Things are getting better each day.