I've been a member of www.flylady.net for years. Yesterday, she posted new challenges for us. One is "Moving in May" and the other is "The Great Closet Cleanout". Last night, FlyFriend Beth sent out a post wanting to know who was participating. Imagine Horshack from Welcome Back Cotter jumping up and down waving his arm high in the air and well, that was me! I definitely wanted to join both challenges.
I decided to jump right in and spend 15 minutes on The Great Closet Cleanout before going to work. I grabbed a few things out of my closet and took them to the guest bedroom closet. As soon as I opened the closet door in the guest bedroom, I knew it was time to call Houston to report a problem! The smell. Oh my......The roof had leaked and the carpet was really, really saturated.
I immediately called my wonderful husband and he called the roofer. Ahem...The roofer will be here Monday, not today. Then I sprung into action. Can we say "Moving in May"?! I took everything out that was on the floor of the closet. Thank goodness I did not have anything on the floor unprotected. Most things were packed in large plastic tubs. A few items were packed in cardboard boxes. You can imagine what the cardboard boxes looked like!
I met "Wonderful Husband" for lunch and then we took "Sweet Daughter's" Jeep to Walmart to buy some additional plastic tubs so I could repack the things that were in the soggy cardboard boxes. We found everything we needed, paid, and pushed the buggy to the parking lot. Wonderful Husband inserted the key to unlock the Jeep, and nothing happened. He tried again. Still nothing happened. I called Sweet Daughter and she informed me that the key has NEVER worked to unlock the door. The only way to unlock the door is with the remote thingy which was in Wonderful Husband's car back at Appleby's! Oh my.....
Two old people stranded in Walmart parking lot on a muggy afternoon. I decided to call Sweet Daughter in Love since they live nearby. I knew it was a "work day" but I was hoping she would be home. She was at work. But being the Sweet Daughter in Love that she is, she offered to come rescue us! (She is now in "Favorite Child" status! ) To make a long story short she took WH to get the remote thingy and he came back to WM and unlocked the door for me. We loaded up the trunk and away we went. Two old people on the road again with a mission to accomplish.
No time to deal with repacking things now though. It was time to go to our house that is on the market to show it to a young couple that wants to lease it. We went over there and lo and behold, the roof has leaked and there is water in the dining room floor! We quickly cleaned it up and of course, made a call to a roofer. He will come Monday...... Mondays must be "roofer day"! Y'all be sure and make a note of that for future reference.
Tonight we ran some errands and I had a "to go cup of tea". I never could manage to get a good drink of it though. As we got to our last stop of the evening, Wonderful Husband put his hand on the console and it was WET! My "to go cup" had a hole in it! LOL
I don't care what the calendar says. It has been Friday the 13th for me ALL DAY!
We finally got the carpet pulled up in the closet. We removed the pad and threw it away. The carpet is drying out on the porch. The roofer(s) will come Monday.....
Good night and God Bless!
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Water damage is what caused us to have to have this entire house remodeled this past year. And we'd just purchased it from the landlord we'd been renting it from. It should have been a sign the day we moved in to rent it and the kitchen was flooded. Oh my, the things that happen. Here's hoping the 13th doesn't appear on your calendar except once more this whole month!
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I think Mercury is in retrograde. And though I really don't believe in most of that kind of stuff, I am starting to believe in at least this part. If I'm right and it IS in retrograde, buckle your seatbelt - it's gonna be a bumpy ride for a bit.
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Woo hoo! Favorite child status!!
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