My New Favorite Place...Flooded and is Ruined

We recently had the honor of a once-in-a-lifetime (unless you live in a flood plain) flood in Oshkosh and our basement was blessed with some sump pump overflow. It was, to say the least, really awesome. Here are a few pictures of the water party...























































There is a silver lining, though, to all this. It has gotten me one step closer to a house without any carpeting. I haven't lived any place with carpeting for a while and now I remember why I hate it so much. Also, we paid the $110 a year fee for the sump pump overflow insurance, so instead of being stranded we have enough to take care of pretty much everything that we lost... That, in this first year of marriage, is the sole occasion I can recall where my judgment won out over Corrine's (she suggested we didn't need it). I will revel in this meaningless and stupid victory...and then start cleaning the basement floor with acrid chemicals.