For those of you that don't know, JT works at a local golf course on some weekends because he truly enjoys the stillness and serenity of an empty golf course at 4:30 in the morning. He was at work and I woke up to get ready for church. I started a load of laundry and went to get ready. 15-20 minutes later I walk into the hallway and am greeted with soaking carpet. If you stepped on the floor, the water would cover your toes. Turns out it was the pressure switch which basically tells your washer when the water level is where it should be. Ours was broken so it just kept filling. Anyhoo, I frantically turn the washing machine off (it was still running and overflowing) and grab every towel we own. I start soaking up the carpet and move the dryer to get underneath it. Once I take my immediate actions I call JT. He's on his way home (phew!) and asks if it's bad. "I think" I said... followed with "I'm not ready for church!" JT gets home sees how bad it is and immediately asks, "did you check downstairs?" I didn't have a clue why he would ask that until it clicked. Since our washing machine is on the second floor, any severe water leakage could go through the floors. "No way," I thought. Right as I finish that thought I hear JT yell, "oh my gosh!" I run downstairs and see this...
yes, that's right; water pouring through the fan and a hole in the ceiling where JT had to drain the rest of the water. JT said it was leaking like a hose. Here's what the ceilings in the hallway looked like...
And the upstairs as we finally get it sopped up, pull the carpet up, and get fans going...
To make a long story short, JT and I are out of our condo for over a month and we decided while we were already put out we might as well put new laminate flooring in downstairs and all new carpet upstairs! Not covered by the insurance, but justified by the situation :)
Now, here's where we live!!
Summer's mom gave us a nice oriental rug for the hallway that matched my colors :)
Oooooh I just really like our new floors. For those of you that didn't see the "before" floors, just picture 20 year old carpet that is dirty, stained, faded, and hard. My wonderful mother took us in for the duration of all the mayhem. She was as sweet as can be and even bought my favorite candy to be stocked while we stayed there. She bought her favorite son-in-law his favorite meals and was a real blessing through all the craziness. We had a blast just hanging out with her. Thanks mom! We love you!
Just as an end note to this post, 2 days ago we noticed cracks at the top of the wall and ceiling in the kitchen. Through a series of events we've found out it's related to the shower and the pipes (probably!). So, we haven't been able to take showers here and will probably be out again if demolition needs to happen to save the ceiling. Seriously, we can't believe it. But we're just thankful we don't have kids right now and are pretty flexible. It's kinda fun having adventures like these :) So, whatever comes our way we will do our best to enjoy it to its fullest!
