After the presents were open and things were settling down, we started to move around a bit and get ready for Blanding. Steve ran to put the jeans in the dryer and arrived in the basement greeted by water...lots and lots of water. In short, the hot water heater leaked all 50 gallons and free flowed for a while onto the carpet in the basement hallways, family room, Jenna's room and the laundry room.
The kids had no idea that anything was amiss. They didn't mind not brushing or exercising hygiene all day as they played with their new toys. Steve and I figure that we spent about 6 hours Christmas day sucking water out of carpet and sopping up water with towels and a wet vac. Yes, it sounds awful... and I have to say this was probably the most memorable Christmas on record (for other reasons too), but after a whole other day of no hygiene the water was up and running warm by Monday at 3:30pm.
I wasn't such a trooper at the time with soppy carpets, the smell of dampness and the pile of laundry that was multiplying, and the sea of dirty fingernails in the house, but Steve was a good sport and the kids didn't care one bit about the situation. I had to work Tuesday. Steve had all the kids and managed to do nearly all the wet and dry laundry, clean the dirty downstairs bathroom, clean out the fridge and make the house devoid of stench from trash, dishes and laundry. How nice! Merry Christmas to me!
Anyway, despite the flood and missing seeing Steve's parents and my family, we had a wonderful Christmas. We did lots of fun things as a family this season. We ate well. We had fun with Santa. We visited with friends from out of town and laughed hard. We played games with Steve's siblings. We were recepients of tremendous generosity, and it was Gage's first Christmas.
We hope that you had a great Christmas too!
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