WOW! Trees down everywhere,…

Adventures, Family

WOW! Trees down everywhere, sewers backing up. Pretty impressive for Oshburg. 70mph sustained winds, gusts up to 90mph. We stayed up and watched the storm. The power went out at 9:30pm. We stayed up till 12am watching the sump and everything seemed pretty stable so we went to bed. We woke up at 2am to check the sump and found the drains in the basement running in reverse. The first thing we did was take everything upstairs that was within 3 feet of the floor that had any value. We didn’t get the holes plugged until 4am and by that time there was over a foot of sewer backup in the basement. God provided a generator for us so we started pumping at about that same time and got all the water out by 8 or 9. Now it just needs to be dried and cleaned really well. The question will be whether to clean the carpet or replace it. A few things got wet but they should be okay when they dry out. Under the circumstances thing worked out pretty well.

All told, we got about 3.5 hours of sleep yesterday.

The weekend was good. …

Family

The weekend was good. Friday and Saturday we visited my cousin for his graduation party. We played music for the guests for about 2 1/2 hours. What fun!

Yesterday we ate lunch with C’s sister. She just got engaged. The wedding will be this time next year.

The vacation was good. …

Family

The vacation was good. Mostly we did nothing. Besides nothing, we:

– Watched TV

– Read books

– Visited the Amish General Store

– Ate

– Walked

– Went to the Milwauke Zoo.

G liked the zoo. Especially the Bonobos. They came up to the window and said hi. He also did okay with camping. There was a little trouble with his naps but he slept well at night. This weekend we will try tenting to see if he is really into it or not.