So the good news is the basement floor is clean as a whistle and all the shelves are organized. The bad news, we were forced to clean it when the floor drain backed up and flooded the basement. Which really wouldn't have been that big of a deal if Travis and I weren't incredibly lazy when it comes to the basement. We have an "out of sight, out of mind" philosophy with that particular part of our house.
To our credit, a lot of the stuff down there is on shelves so it was not damaged. Our luggage however was not, and had standing water in it. I am interested to see how that is going to smell once it dries out.
My sister Nicki was generous enough to give us five huge boxes of clothes for our soon to arrive little critter. The clothes range from infant sizes to 2 year old sizes. Guess what wasn't up on shelves yet. Yeah.....cardboard is not a good barrier for water. Like at all. It is impressive how many loads of laundry come out of five huge boxes of kid's clothes.
There were some other things that were unfortunately ruined that I am sad about. A couple framed prints I had hanging in the now nursery were resting on the floor and are now a lovely water damaged texture. And some books Travis had in a crate were not spared the wrath of the overflowing drain. But hey, most of my wrapping paper was saved so we've got that!
Roto Rooter is on their way to our house this morning.
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