I came home and the second day back, I saw a 2 inch wet spot
in the tile grout in front of the fridge.
Called the handyman next day to pull out the fridge to check
for leaking. It was leaking all right. Up the wall, under the
tile, behind the dishwasher, up the wall in the bathroom,
under the tile, behind a cabinet. There was also mold.
There were four holes in the water supply tubing. It had been leaking for a loooong time.

I stopped the handyman, called my insurance company, they
called their people, and an hour later one of their people
was in my kitchen taking pictures and calling someone else.
In about forty five minutes someone else showed up with
de-humidifiers that could suck moisture out of a desert
and fans that could create enough wind to lift a 747
all the way to Mars. The combination of these machines
sounded like jet engines whining and revving up just before takeoff.
So much for sleeping. Neil kept getting confused
as to whether we had purchased our tickets and where were
we flying to? We were doing happy dances when after several
days and nights the machines were taken away.

My island is sitting against the other cabinets, my cook top
disconnected and the dishwasher sits out in the middle of the kitchen.
The fridge has it's water supply cut off but
they shoved it back in it's rightful place so my food
wouldn't spoil.
We've been eating take out and sandwiches, pop tarts
and those crinkly things that you can put in the toaster.
Never mind what the bathroom looks like it is still usable
but all the tile is being replaced so our throne will soon
be absent and we will have to move upstairs. That will
upset Neil's apple cart because when we go up there
he thinks he is at someone else's house and keeps wanting to go home.
Lord luv a duck, what a MESS!

I'm trying to look on the bright side. I am getting new
tile in the bathroom and kitchen. I need a new oven so
much I think I'll buy a new oven and then the counter tops
need replacing.;0)

It must have been the week for water damage. After a summer of 100 plus degree temps and no rain, Monday night a wind storm took off the roof of our office building, and then the rain came. Tuesday on my way to a dr appt I get a call that the office has been flooded. This is our second floor in a month, mind you. The property restoration people showed up not long after I got there, with their fans and dehumidifers. It looked like a mess, but that we would survive. It rained Tuesday night. Office flooded again. More carpet sucking, then carpet removal, more dehumidifiers and fans, Thursday it rained again, TWICE. By now it was way past funny and on the threshold of disaster. Fortunately the computers and files were fine, just everything else was soggy and/or destroyed. Clients of ours gave us some temp space until they can rehab our entire office.

It rained again last night, I ran up to check today. They had supposedly temporarily fixed the leak, but I didn't trust it, but lo and behold, the floor was dry and a massive blower with super hot air was blowing through the office.

Monday we have to tackle inventorying what was destroyed and trying to decide how to store what didn't die.

By all means: YES! Get that oven! No better time than the present. More chaos in the midst of the chaos is no big deal. Doing it now will be easier on Neil and you both.

Hang in there, Jan. This too shall pass.

Lilo, like you, I sometimes think it would be nice to have the ice-maker connected, b/c we use all four of our ice trays at least twice a day, and it gets tiresome refilling them. However, situations such as Jan's make me think otherwise.

Lisa h, you folks have surely had more than enough rain, please send some of it, eastward!

Lisa, send me some rain! I'm sorry about your office.
You sure have a lot of work to do after your water leak.

Anneliese, so glad you caught your leak before it destroyed
your kitchen. I don't think I have the energy to do this
again.

Michelle, I don't have a wedding, thank goodness.