May 17, 2006 | My name is Grumplestiltskin
I particularly like the juxtaposition of the paper bag which is floating by, a couple of inches ABOVE the submerged carpet.
Yeah.
Posted by Mir @ 12:53 pm
I particularly like the juxtaposition of the paper bag which is floating by, a couple of inches ABOVE the submerged carpet.
Yeah.
May 17th, 2006 at 1:02 pm
It’s artistic! Yeah. That’s it. Still Life with Paper Bag and Sopping Carpet. If you see any of my relatives float by, give ‘em a wave for me?
May 17th, 2006 at 1:05 pm
It’s times like these make ya wanna go back to apartment life. Or college “group home” renting days. So someone *else* has to deal with this stuff. Bright side: you might end up with some interesting fish. Or salamanders!
Completely unrelated: I started following your blog last August. (A poster on another blog linked to that day’s entry and I clicked.) At some point I decided I ought to go back and start reading the archive. It was confusing at times, such as when I would wish to post congratulations or comiseration about something, but then I would remember that this happened in the past. The point is, today the back entries began to sound familiar and I realized that I caught up!
Thanks for your blog, Mir. It has helped me through some tough times, when I could read an entry and say “YES! EXACTLY!” or just laugh loudly (in my office).
May 17th, 2006 at 1:14 pm
I just got caught up from being gone. I’m soooooo sorry. I wish there were something I could do for you (in addition to comiserate). Whenever I heard news updates while on the road I cringed knowing you were battling the rising tide.
Take care.
May 17th, 2006 at 1:35 pm
Water damage sucks SOOOO bad. I’ve been there before but not quite to the extent you are going through now. The shop vac was my friend, bah! Maybe you could use Pokemon cards to absorb the extra water. Take care and hang in there. At least you aren’t having to escape out your roof, right?
May 17th, 2006 at 1:47 pm
Nothing like a moldy carpet to start your day off right.
May 17th, 2006 at 2:49 pm
FedExing tequila. Watch for truck.
May 17th, 2006 at 2:50 pm
Working on that pie…
May 17th, 2006 at 3:16 pm
Sheesh…Been praying for you, think I need to pray harder. *hugs*
May 17th, 2006 at 3:42 pm
First make sure you don’t have any electric wires near the floor. Anything that gets soaked can be repaired or replaced even if it smells and how many of your friends have a house with an indoor pool?. Eventually the ground water table will return to its normal level and you will be able to brag that you survived the great yankee flood of ‘06.
Your CV is becoming more impressive every day.
May 17th, 2006 at 4:32 pm
without all this crap, you wouldn’t have anything to blog about??!?! yeah, that’s it. lol
sucks
May 17th, 2006 at 4:45 pm
I wish I knew something even remotely comforting to say.
I’m glad you and the kids are safe and I’m hoping for dry sunshiney weather for you.
May 17th, 2006 at 5:14 pm
Oh, I’ve been thinking about you, and everyone else I know in the soggy Northeast! This has to let up soon - I can’t imagine what you all are going through. Hugs! (Dry, warm hugs, that is.)
May 17th, 2006 at 5:26 pm
Yikes. I’m sure this is not the senario you imagined when you might have dreamed of an indoor swimming pool.
Sending good thoughts and margarita wishes your way.
Shash
May 17th, 2006 at 8:49 pm
Is it too soon to say that you’ll look back on this one day and laugh?
*ducks and runs*
May 17th, 2006 at 10:44 pm
Trying to make lemonade: Any hope for a big insurance payout? :)
May 18th, 2006 at 5:00 pm
Good. Grief. I’m sitting here with my mouth open! It’s just so hard to imagine all that water.
Yeah, what about that insurance deal?