Busted pipe

Well this is not good. We ended up with a busted pipe in the basement and there was more damage than we thought. The pipe burst while we were sleeping and we had no clue. By the time I noticed that something was wrong, the basement was knee deep in water. The plumber came and fixed the pipe, as well as pumped the water out for us, but now we have to worry about water damage repair.

The carpets down there will have to come up or be professionally cleaned. The drywall is totally ruined as well. Fortunately, the furniture that is down there in the family room, is rather old so I am not really worried about it. I bought it used so that the kids couldn’t really ruin anything nice. Kids do have a tendency to make a mess and spill stuff so it was smart on my part. I will go find some second hand stuff and buy it cheap, just like I did the first time.

 

Not this year

I am determined not to lose power this year when the storms come through. Last year was horrible. It seemed like every week we were without power for anywhere from a couple hours to a couple days. I am not going through that again. If we lose power I will have generatorsAtoZ to thank for us not losing power ourselves. I am buying a generator and having it set up to direct connect to my breaker box. GeneratorsAtoZ have a lot of models to choose from and my dad has told me which ones are good for my needs.

Having kids and losing power from a storm is not a good thing. Kids need to have something to keep their minds off of the deadly storms and the aftermath, at least for a little while each day. With generatorsAtoZ, I don’t have to worry about dealing with storm damage and bored or upset kids. They can be easily distracted so long as we have electricity.