Warm day + melting snow + 3 pounds of tree roots clogging a drainage system =
Yes, that is water on our basement floor. On the plus side, we've gone through our basement flooding before (torrential downpours of June 08 - major flooding, disappearance of Lake Delton)...so nothing of real importance was sitting on the floor. And I caught the water early enough it didn't have a chance to spread throughout the entire basement. Still...it sucks cleaning that stuff up.
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When you've given your child all toys possible to keep her occupied while you make dinner, you improvise.
I present you with the purse....of WONDER:
(oooh, aaaah)
Provides at least a half hour of entertainment - crinkling the paper, taking it out of the pockets and putting it back in, petting the leather of the purse, trying to open the zipper...
Who would of thought those Valpak coupons I don't use could be so beneficial in other ways?