Day 41 - 9/8/11

FLOOD!  I think the only natural disaster we will avoid this year is a volcano.  :)  The four days of rain caused a little stream along the path behind our house, which swept large sheets of asphalt into our neighbor's yard.

Why is this relevant to our addition adventure, you ask?  Well, as I ran into the basement to look at the path, I stepped into a puddle of water...ACK!  It turns out the plastic on the deck keeping the plywood dry didn't accomplish much except force water under the floor into the ceiling of our basement.  Luckily, it wasn't a ton of water and it just slowly dripped through the pot light onto the floor.  There wasn't any damage and no books or papers got wet.  My husband cut a hole in our ceiling to remove the wet drywall and prevent any puddling of water that might damage the beams.

We also cleared some of the stuff in our garage away from the construction wall toward the garage door - bikes and power tools, for the most part.