Excitement! Not just any old Friday night.........

Let's play a guessing game. Last time we did this, it wasn't all that hard. I think we were trying to figure out what was happening ...here. Now, let's try to figure out what happened tonight. LOL..........here we go...............


Still working on the kitchen.... we all had a realllly busy day and Charles and I both got home around 5 pm. I start putting away groceries and a little while I hear quite a little commotion from where Charles is. So...............what do you think inspired THESE responses:

Need more clues? Look very closely at the above pics..............see anything out of the ordinary?

I'll give you a minute.......

Still nothing? Check everyone's shirts. Does someones' seem...wet? (Charles'??)

........and the next pictures.......

what's the around the edge of the tile!??

Fan in the kitchen? (It's leaning to focus on the sheetrock)

Any guesses... anyone? Bueller.........Bueller??

Something to do with a sink?

Sink is gone......that WAS actually in tonights plans...about the ONLY thing that went right LOL

Whatever it was, Charlie doesn't approve LOL

I KNOW some of you have some pretty good guesses by now........ with all the water on the floor?

Welp, Charles busted a pipe under the sink and we had a minor flooding situation. (ACtually an old pc broke off in his hands. When I say these people did NOTHING to this house since 1965, I mean it!)

So what happened?
I'm putting groceries away, kids are helping. All of a sudden I hear something I can't repeat . I look over and Charles jumps from under the sink to the middle of the kitchen, then jumps back under the sink. I'm thinking, "WHAT in the world??" The mental image is kinda funny now . All in the same second, I see water spraying EVERYWHERE. What does Zak do? Runs to play in it. That boy..... (shaking head). I scream, "GO GET TOWELS AND LOTS OF THEM!!!!" and I run to the garage as Charles is shouting what to bring him. I run outside (detached garage) and the door is locked! I run inside, the kids and I are scrambling for keys. FINALLY found them, I run to the garage, and naturally I bring the wrong wrench. HEY.. I was close at least! I run back, bring the right wrench and get under the sink w/ him to try to attach it to the valve that shuts the water off there. It is JAMMED! We are getting soaked, the kitchen is filling up w/ water on that side..ug, a mess. Finally finally FINALLY Charles gets the wrench on the valve good enough (in all it's slippery-ness) to twist it shut. Here is how the conversations were going here at that moment......

Me: "I can't get the wrench to tighten on the valve........here you do it while I try to clamp it off"

Charlie, "Here, I'll spread my ladybug blanket down..will this help?" as she puts it WAY over on the dryer tile.

Zak, "An EMERGENCY EMERRRRRRRGENCY!" as he screams w/ glee and slaps his bare feet down in water.

Charlie, "Is this a big deal?"

Charles to me, "Go over there and keep the water from getting on the carpet!"

Me..running with more and more towels, trying to stop it from FLOWING onto the sheetrock or carpet, "MORE TOWELS, KIDS! GET EVERYTHING YOU CAN FIND!! Is it turning, can you get it off?? Do I need to call the city to get out here and shut off the water?????"

Charles..............silence, grunting, laying sideways under sink.

Me, "Is there a shut off to THAT pipe?"

Charles, "Yeah, out at the street and I don't have a tool for that. If I can't get this off, you'll have to make a phone call." More twisting....

Zak, "OH NO, THIS IS A FLOOD!" as he LAUGHS! What is the MATTER w/ this child!???? lol

Charlie, "What about our toys?? Are they going to float?? Is this serious?"

Me, "YES it is serious! GET ME SOME BLANKETS!"

Charlie, "My ladybug one is there"...still on dry tile, she drags it over.

Charles, "Fleece doesn't absorb water!"

Zak, "OHHH it's still spraying!!! Look Charlie, it's spraying straight out!!" more laughing!.

Charlie, bringing me her Carebear, asks, "Will this float, do I need to put it up high?"

I don't know exactly how long this went on but of course it seemed like F.O.R.E.V.E.R! And I just kept thinking...NOOOOO, not WATER!?? And even though it was spewing and spewing, and I'm talking in full streams, as Zak said, STRAIGHT out........... and even though in places there was a good inch of water, it managed to stay close to the tile and old walls and only crept up to the new walls. We have fans out everywhere. The pics were taken well after the cleanup took place so they really look dry compared to what happened here tonight.

Charles opened up the wall this pipe was on (once we got the old sink out of the house) so it would dry inside there and everything should be fine by morning. The one thing it DID do, was put us behind in a big way because tonight we had lots of other plans that didn't include THIS! He has 3 day weekend and the timeframe was tight on what we wanted to get done in the first place!

Oh well, every remodel doesn't go w/o at least ONE major set back. So far we have been pleasantly surprised that there hasn't been anything .........until now! GAH! I guess this wasn't so bad and quickly remedied. SHEW!