Mother Knows Best!

I had a wonderful Mother's Day with my two favorite guys. :) Noah gave mommy a nice card and a wonderful gift, and Daddy made dinner for us all. Yay! Nothing could've been better...

Ok, one thing could've been better...the weather. It's been raining and pouring here for the past few days (today is actually the first day the sun has come out since Friday). Andrew and I spent the better part of last night cleaning out our stairway outside (walk-up basement). The panic set in yesterday afternoon when I heard people at work complaining about how their basements flooded. Lots of people went home early to check on their houses. When I got home yesterday, I ran to the back yard to check to see if our drain pipe was covered with leaves. Sure enough it was covered w/ leaves...and worms, sediment, etc, and about 6 inches of water. It was ALMOST level with the sliding glass door, which would've meant water in the house. Ewwww!!

Since both Andrew and Noah were sick, I had to be the one to save our basement! I put on some boots, old sweat pants, a sweatshirt and a rain coat, and ran bucket after bucket of dirty water up the stairs and out into the yard. In the back of my mind, I remember my mom telling me, when I was 24 years old and wanted to buy a huge townhouse, that "I wasn't ready for homeownership." She was right back then (although it would've been an AWESOME financial investment)...I spent so much time at work, going to grad school, and going out, that I was not ready for a home and all of the responsibility. Even now, Andrew and I are so busy that we usually 'outsource' housework, including cleaning, lawn maintenance, painting, and yes - hanging pictures. :) LOL Too bad I couldn't outsource the removal of dirty water.

When we bought our current house, of course my parents loved it, but my mom said "It's a LOT of work to take care of a single-family home. It's practically a full-time job!" I laughed and said "Oh mom, I'm 32, I can handle a house, a kid, a job, and anything else that comes my way!" LOL Little did I know...

Suffice it to say - MOTHER KNOWS BEST!