It’s Worth a Try
Here on Stauffer Avenue, we do give it our best. We try to work with what presents itself. It’s always worth a try.
Dennis has a pump sitting on the patio taking out whatever water he can from the rains and thaw. Is it a loosing battle. I don’t think so. It provides Dennis the satisfaction of doing . . . something. Keeping the water level low enough that the floors of the vehicle garages may remain dry. Dennis has set up camp in the pickup garage and he has a good attitude. 
What more can you ask.Dennis got into his pickup this afternoon and took a drive around town and the area around town. That was a good idea. When he came home he could relay that excess water is everywhere. It centered Dennis.There is much snow to add to the situation. There is no point in becoming exasperated. The heavy rains have stopped with high winds setting in. Dennis thought it would be a good idea if the wind just blew all the water away. Ya right!
I am not kidding myself that we will have a road date anytime soon. Staying close is what is needed of us right now. It did bring to mind a project I would like to go forward with. The Santa project stalled after I had the new jacket done. There was a piece of well worn cardboard within the belly of Good Old Saint Nick. It was there for a reason. It was a good reason. When transporting Santa, there needs to be a place to take hold that is resilient and firm. How that piece of cardboard held out for the 55 plus years is a wonder. That replacement has had me stymied . . . for a short while. I have stashes that go far and beyond threads and fabric.
Several years ago Kevin brought over some lengths of engineered vinyl that had been used in livestock construction. Kevin is like me. Kevin is like his dad. Kevin is like his grandpa Raymond. You never know when something might come in handy. This vinyl product is sturdy. It might just work. My wonderful glue and clamps is the first step to see if it would be a possible replacement for the cardboard. What did the cardboard in was the fact that it needed to be split to get it around the spine of Santa. As I said. Taking it slow and doing some “what ifs” is what is in place right now. I have the time and I have enough vinyl is see which process will work the best. It surely is worth a try.
This spring will sort itself out in time to come. What takes the angst out of all this water is that our basement is protected. The sump pump is open to the northwest of the house and the pump is putting out a nice looking pond when I look out of the north window. Not to get too comfortable, I still go down into the sewing studio and check. Two of our closets were not included in the tiling project and rather than wait until the seepage could get deep enough to flow over the thresh-hold and run into the perimeter tile, Dennis brought in the wet vacuum from the garage. He commented that he wished he had a hydro wet vacuum to take care of the patio. It surely would be worth a try.