I have concluded that after a couple of sump pump failures one becomes unnaturally drawn to the plastics aisle. Plastic bins and containers of all sizes and colors have an almost mystical draw for me these days. It used to be that wide-eyed kid in a candy store look was saved for jewelry or really [...]
Month: April 2011
Gaby’s Social Experiment
Gaby Rodriguez decided to do a social experiment in her senior year in high school. She decided to pretend she was pregnant for six months to better understand how pregnant teens are treated. I read Gaby's story on In-Forum today and I couldn't help but cheer for her. There aren't many 17 year old high [...]
I like Ike!
Well, sump pump failure has come to be synonymous around here with a parade of folks in and out of the house - mostly men. There are the water remediation folks - the company owner, the remediation crew and the monitoring guy; the pod guy, the insurance adjuster; the general contractor and that whole crew [...]
Prima facie evidence
If you are over 40 you have probably received one of those emails that starts with - "You know you are getting older when..." - and you likely could identify with most of it. I feel your pain. I remember turntables and phones with dials. I watched the Carol Burnett show and I know who [...]
The ruin of Rome…
Cheyenne had an assignment to create a model representing the architecture from Ancient Rome. She decided that this model would be best created with air dry clay so we scurried over to Michaels on Friday so that she could create her masterpiece on Saturday morning and have it dry by Monday morning. She worked diligently [...]
The Revenge of the Sump Pump…
I clearly have some bad sump pump karma. I have had two sump pump failures in less than seven months (and yes a new sump pump was installed between sump pump failure one and sump pump failure two). The first time it was a total deconstruction downstairs - walls, carpet, flooring, baseboards, doors, vanity, toilet [...]
Props to Dr. B!
The students in my disaster response class have to work in groups to put together and run a short functional exercise as part of their class requirements. This is one of my favorite assignments as historically the students have delivered at a high level. We had the first exercise of this semester this past Thursday. [...]
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