Oh, it’s wet in Seattle! December 4, 2007

Yes, indeed. We have been having extraordinary rain here, and yesterday it invaded our basement. Not a fun day, although it did feel awfully good when we finally got ahead of it at about 3PM. Then it was just vigilant watching and switching out the piles of rags, old towels and whatever other absorbent material we could find. Spin it in the washer and put it down again. Rinse and repeat…I mean, spin and repeat.

To my friends elsewhere in the country who are probably seeing pictures of the very worst on the news, we were not part of the very worst by any means. (Yes, Golden Gardens Drive is closed until spring.) Really, we have a lot to be grateful for–it could have been so much worse, and was for neighborhoods not that far away from us.

Today I have a bit of a sore back, but it’s dry in the basement. I’ll take it.