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rangers to water. We just can't seem to stay away from it. Clear back in February (I know I'm really behind), we had a flood in our home. It was a seeminly quiet President's Day. Courtney was home from school, grandma was here visiting, and Dave had a bad headache. He didn't want it to turn into a migraine, so he decided to get in the bath. This was about 8 in the morning, so I was still trying to sleep. I was rudely interupted when Courtney came and woke me up screaming that water was coming out of the fan. I told her that she wasn't making sense and where was water coming out and what fan. She proceeded to show me (I don't know where she gets her dramatics from) by twirling her finger in the air and screaming, "You know what a fan is!" I was starting to get the picture. I ran downstairs to see a stream of water coming out of our ceiling fan light. I went upstairs to tell Dave to turn the bath water off. He did and then pulled the plug out. As the water started to drain, we heard a blood curdling scream. Apparently the draining water had made the water flow even faster. Dave replugged the drain and got downstairs. He was trying to find where the leak was coming from, by ripping apart my ceiling. I wasn't so sure about his tactics but in the end, he found out the the tub drain was leaking. We had to call a restoration company and get everything dried out. This process took about a week. Then we had to get people to put up sheetrock, paint, and replace our carpet. Our house was pretty much out of commission for more than a few weeks. I have to say, for the first few days, it was great. I couldn't cook in the kitchen, there was no reason to clean. Courtney loved eating McDonald's in our bedroom while watching tv. It got old really fast though. In the end, we ended up changing some of our paint colors and got the carpet we've always wanted. We love the way it turned out and are even happier that we are back in one piece!
rangers to water. We just can't seem to stay away from it. Clear back in February (I know I'm really behind), we had a flood in our home. It was a seeminly quiet President's Day. Courtney was home from school, grandma was here visiting, and Dave had a bad headache. He didn't want it to turn into a migraine, so he decided to get in the bath. This was about 8 in the morning, so I was still trying to sleep. I was rudely interupted when Courtney came and woke me up screaming that water was coming out of the fan. I told her that she wasn't making sense and where was water coming out and what fan. She proceeded to show me (I don't know where she gets her dramatics from) by twirling her finger in the air and screaming, "You know what a fan is!" I was starting to get the picture. I ran downstairs to see a stream of water coming out of our ceiling fan light. I went upstairs to tell Dave to turn the bath water off. He did and then pulled the plug out. As the water started to drain, we heard a blood curdling scream. Apparently the draining water had made the water flow even faster. Dave replugged the drain and got downstairs. He was trying to find where the leak was coming from, by ripping apart my ceiling. I wasn't so sure about his tactics but in the end, he found out the the tub drain was leaking. We had to call a restoration company and get everything dried out. This process took about a week. Then we had to get people to put up sheetrock, paint, and replace our carpet. Our house was pretty much out of commission for more than a few weeks. I have to say, for the first few days, it was great. I couldn't cook in the kitchen, there was no reason to clean. Courtney loved eating McDonald's in our bedroom while watching tv. It got old really fast though. In the end, we ended up changing some of our paint colors and got the carpet we've always wanted. We love the way it turned out and are even happier that we are back in one piece!
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