Friday, September 08, 2006

The Mayfield Drama

A little out of order but I think you get the idea....
This is what we have now...
This was after the big "rain"








This is pretty
much what our ceiling looked like after the first "sprinkle





Last week we (Houghton) discovered the small problem of a puddle where one shouldn't be. After calling the plumber and the insurance company we breathed a little easier. However, one week later (exactly), the aforementioned leak, was now a "burst". This I discovered at 4am when I thought the rain was really loud and went to check it out. Paul meanwhile was enjoying sleeping through the rain...until I yelled "OH CRAP" and while I could do nothing more than gape...Paul ran out and shut off the water main. After seeing the plumber (again) and calling the insurance co. (again) we now have a hole for a ceiling in the dining room. We have also seen the appraiser twice and I am scheming to see how much remodeling I can get out of Paul. (So far so good...but we haven't got an estimate on the kitchen yet!)

Thank you John!







Yes, thanks to Hurricane John (and the monsoon) we got even more rain!!
Both Houghton and Mary got to go and play in it...Houghton is the ham and Mary wasn't quite sure what to make of it.

The Big girl

Mary is so proud of herself here....she won't walk on her own yet...but she can climb!
This is Mary when we made her get down....not too happy!! (Don't worry, she tried again!)