At Last
At last the sun is out.
It was an early morning for me. The bulk of the water debacle was over by supper of yesterday. We went down every several hours to vacuum up the water from the closet that had seepage. This morning I was set to handle the five by ten jute carpet that of course was wet. Yesterday Dennis and I took turns folding the carpet in half and vacuuming off the back of as it had a backing of canvas. That worked quite well . . . better than being able to get a lot of water vacuuming the jute side.
I used up the majority of our canned goods by folding the carpet over by half and then putting down the cans. The carpet was tented. My plan was to get the carpet off of the floor. I did that with both ends. The fan that we had running in the cistern closet was set on the north end of the carpet. A fan that Dennis had had in the patio porch was running on the south end. Getting air to the top and bottom of this carpet will help it dry. Once the carpet is dry it can be folded and moved so we can clean the floor with bleach water. After that I will shampoo the jute surface. Patience is all it takes.
By ten I had motored to New Ulm for servicing of my car and the renewal of the warranty on it. I was amazed the amount of standing water in the fields. Where there were culverts, the water shot out of them.
By noon I was back home. Dennis had checked the yards and the yards are too soft for mowing. In fact, there is an area that still has standing water. Did I mention? Patience is all it takes.
I do believe this Grammie will be ready for bed by the time the street lights come on this evening.