The good, the bad and the...stinky

What a weekend.  We got lots unpacked and spent most of the weekend getting settled in.  I woke up pretty blissed out yesterday morning over the state of things.  We made breakfast and got to use both sides of the dining table!  After years of us all lined up eating on just one side of it, I was very excited.  Most of the boxes have been unpacked, or are at least in places that I don't walk past several times a day.  We had friends over to check the place out and it was fun to have plenty of space for the kids to get crazy.  

Our first official dinner here.  I think Miles looks unhappy because he had to eat couscous.

Miles, Iris and Emma playing a speed version of Ring Around the Rosy.

Our old neighbor Mary came over to see the place and have lunch.  We were excited to give her the tour, which went well until she stepped on sopping wet carpet in the basement.  Long story short, the upstairs toilet leaked and majorly flooded a section of the basement.  The roof looked like a giant water balloon and the light fixture, which we'd turned on, was completely full of water.  I was horrified.  It is terrible timing for something like this, especially after already knocking lots of expensive high priority projects off the to do list the first week we were here.  We called the plumber, who made the situation workable for the time being.  The old toilet has been ripped out and the nasty sub floor is now in the breezeway.  That previously mentioned blissed out feeling has dissipated a bit. I guess the positive is that we found it before the roof caved in and flooded the entire basement.

Jeff has been watching lots of HGTV so, stressful situation aside, I think he was secretly a little bit excited for the demolition of the soggy roof.

No bueno.  Remodeling this bathroom has shifted from long term goal to short term priority.
 
We just decided its time to head out to dinner...after Jeff washes his hands!