We spent part of Memorial Day weekend visiting my parents at their new house in Dripping Springs. Its a beautiful home perched on the top of a hill with magnificent views of the hill country and inside it has great cabinetry and precise tiling. Richard really liked the built in gas grill on the back porch except for the east wind which did nothing but blow right back in his face!
Little did we know that our outing at the new home would include a mop, a few towels, a shop vac and a carpet steamer! It seems that the new septic system had a bit of a clog in it. At first we thought that one of the toilets was just backed up but when we sent Quinn to get a brush from the master bathroom she came back to report that it was really wet back there. That was a bit of an understatement as nobody had not realized that the septic system had backed up into the closest place which happened to be the master toilet. There was easily an inch of standing water in the bathroom which had spread into the master bedroom covering 1/3 of the carpet and spilled over into the hall closets and into the entryway.
Luckily my Aunt and Uncle live next door and had a shop vac so Richard could suck up 15 gallons of water. There is no telling how long it might have taken with only a mop and two towels! I guess the silver lining is it was at least clean water (wink) and now I know what Richard wants for Father's Day... a shop vac.
Never a dull moment!
Holly
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