Boy did it rain this weekend! We had some flooding in the basement. It just kept pouring and pouring and it was coming down harder and harder and our gutters and drains couldn't keep up with it. I've heard up people having water up to their ankles or knees in storms like this so I guess we were blessed to be able to get it sopped up with towels (although we did use every available towel). I thought of the people in Texas, many with no homes and a lot with no power so we cannot complain. We were supposed to have a backyard barbecue as a birthday party for a friend. We abandoned that thought with the rains and decided we'd go to plan B. We would eat inside but cook outside. The rains didn't stop as early as planned. Lloyd didn't want to be running back and forth with an umbrella flipping burgers so we went to plan C. We'll use the nice open basement that we have. Then came the flooding. Plan D. Everyone upstairs. Very cozy. Lots of good fun. Less people showed bec
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