Rain, Rain, Go Away

My weekend began with the best of intentions including a self-imposed "honey-do" list, but first it was down to church for a financial seminar to learn a little about wills, living trusts, probate, etc. Basically, how the feds and state want to tax what little I might leave on my demise and how to beat them at their own game rendering unto Caesar only that which he is due.

Driving back, the freeway was heavily showered and my wipers were on high as to my left, the sun shined in infrequent spots. It was squall-like with burst of intense rain and/or wind followed by light mist. There were even several trees that had fallen onto Lake Forest Drive. I got back to have a sit down with our kitchen contractor about his last billing and as I waited I walked into the back room and as I took the last step from dining room to the back "storage" room, my foot went 'sploosh'. The carpet was wet and inside the back room, we have a soaked carpet. Much worse than what created havoc on Ashley and Bryce's stuff, but luckily there wasn't too much on the floor. So Carolyn and I spent the better part of the afternoon moving the rest of the stuff from the back room and moving everything over to the back wall in the dining room and garden room so our contractor can pull the carpets back, rip off sections of drywall in the back room and facilitate the drying, mold-stopping process. For now, you'll find us upstairs ignoring the problem.

After our project, we headed to the movies for a late afternoon movie planning to see The Aviator in prep for the annual Oscar party the Priors hold, but it was sold out, so we saw Sideways, another Best Picture nominee. Rather quirky, a fair amount of the 'f' word, a lot on wines, and sex scenes that were far from romantic! Not my choice for Best Pic! The only thing it did inspire us to do was to open one of our better wines when we returned home, light some candles and the fireplace, and listen to some classical music.

Hope you're all staying drier than our house is.

A picture from the end of our flooded street when the storm drain couldn't handle all the water.