Saturday's sky and a little of this and that

• Here's a smidgeon of blue sky for Sandy.  Her blog is temporarily out of commission but being the prepared person she is, you can find her at her back-up blog over here.
• I'm interpreting all this rain and the resulting work to clean it up as a reminder from Mother Nature that I should have my muscles and body in shape in preparation of stuff like this happening.  That way, the Advil supply will last longer.  I should have jumped on Nora's Tuesday bandwagon a long time ago.
• We have sunshine at the moment, which is lovely.  I have the windows open this morning to give everything an airing.  Even the living room was starting to smell musty.  As soon as water stops seeping into the basement (maybe next week?), I'm going to try Julie's suggestion of tree tee oil spray to discourage mold.
• I'm running behind answering emails.  I'm still working on them but thank you all for your sympathy and good wishes.  Although this is a real pain in the rear and a lot of work and worry, we have far fewer problems than a lot of people in Wisconsin and the rest of the Upper Midwest from the recent storms and flooding.
• I'm going to do some essential laundry today and get some grocery items.  I'm glad I have the low-water use washer now, for sure. We've wet-vac'ed once all ready this morning.  The seeping is slowing down, which is promising.  We'll do it again this afternoon.  There is a chance of storms this afternoon through Sunday night.  I am hoping for a good two-week period of no rain starting today.  Well, hoping never hurt anything, right?
• I also need to catch up with some "real" work sometime this weekend.  "Real" meaning stuff that results in the bank balance being happy or happier, anyway.
• Tomorrow the insurance adjuster is visiting at 8 AM.  We'll see what results from the visit.  The raw sewage effects (or "poopie" as someone calls it and makes me laugh)  are covered; the water is probably not.  How it gets split out will be interesting.  I may not be going here this October as I had tentatively planned.
• However, all this moving stuff around, cleaning, and throwing stuff out leaves room for new organization solutions, like Joan's new to-dream-about closet.
• The plants and flowers in my gardens seem to like the rain but they aren't as bright and cheery as some flowers.  Thanks for the drive-by flower photo, Cookie.
• Have a marvelous weekend everyone. 

Comments

[Cookie]

Lovely photos, Angie.

I hope you get good news from the insurance people.

[Stacey (just Stacey)]

Ok... tell that insurance adjuster (because you know how I feel about insurance adjusters) that if he doesn't give you a favorable outcome, I'm gonna make him poopy flavored lollipops. Tea tree oil *will* do wonders and make it smell nice.

[Nora]

I hope this last round of "showers" left you alone. We were at a party that was supposed to be mostly outdoors. Not to be.

Don't worry about e-mails... everyone understands! If you get a few free minutes, for heaven's sake don't spend it on the computer!

[Deborah]

I am glad things seem to be turning to the brighter side of things. Hang in there a little longer. I hope you'll be able to make it to that particular location in October. Will be sending happy hopeful thoughts your way.