The Second Flood of 2007

We arrived home from Disneyland last Saturday. We pretty much took Sunday off but did go see Bridge to Tarabithia. It was very sad, not your fairytale Disney ending.
While we were away a guy from our church repaired the ceiling in the back bathroom and replaced the laminate flooring in our hallway. It was nice to come home and have it all done. On Monday night I climbed into the attic to measure to see how much insulation I needed to purchase. I got the measurement and put the ladder outside. I leaned it up against the house just outside the sliding glass door.

Tuesday morning just after I got to work Tina called stating there were puddles of water in the kitchen. I left immediately to fix whatever was going on. I discovered the water spicket for the washer was leaking and the tub to the washer also had a slight leak. I also think a hose was leaking. I have since replaced the water spicket and fixed the leak. I went back to work.
When I arrived back that evening Tina asked if I left the water running in the back yard. I hadn't, so I went to look. The ladder I had leaned up against the house had been blown over by the wind and hit the outside water spicket. Water was spraying up toward the eaves of the house. I shut the water off and called Richard (the guy who fixed the bathroom and flooring). He came over and capped it off. I couldn't believe this all was happening. The washer water spicket was still leaking. I later replaced it with Tech-tite spicket. It works well.

This weekend we went to Sonoma and San Francisco. We went to take a look at Grace's mission. We all worked on the Sonoma Mission, so we all went to see it. It was a great weekend away. We did wine tasting in Sonoma and toured the mission then we drove up to Rohnert Park to spend the night. On Sunday we went to a couple cheese factories and purchased a bunch of Brie. Excellent! Then it was on to San Francisco. Lunch at the Boudin Bakery at Fisherman's Wharf. We purchased some sourdough bread and took a drive down Lombard Street. The city was very beautiful on the way out and the weather was perfect. Hope and Grace put their feet in the water down by the wharf.

It was time to start home.

Weather today: 68 degrees and beautiful. Unfortunately most of my day was spent inside.

-Norm