I apologize that I haven't gotten an update posted as quickly as I had hoped I would. Life got in the way or should I say water got in the way.
Wednesday evening, John was working and Hunter and I had just gotten home from church. I put a load of clothes in the washer as I do each and every night.

Earlier that day, I found out that Hunter didn't complete a report for school and therefore didn't turn it in. I was having a stern talk with Hunter about that fact. He was trying to pass off some lame excuse to me which was upsetting me even more.
You'll imagine my surprise when I turn around and see a lake of water coming into my kitchen!

I nearly had a cow right then and there. Hunter jumped up from the bar stool and yelled "what do I do?". "Grab towels!" I yelled back. So, we each went into a bathroom and started grabbing every towel we had....beach towels, bath towels and hand towels. I wade through the kitchen into the utility room and see that my washing machine has completely run over. The water in the utility room is at least 2 inches deep. I hit the knob to turn the washer off and start throwing down towels. Hunter's throwing down towels in the kitchen. It's just chaos at this point. I told Hunter to get my cell phone and call his daddy and ask him what we need to do.
Mind you, this is happening at almost 9:00 at night. John's working at a lady's house putting down ceramic tile while she is at the hospital. She's a nurse who works the night shift and sleeps during the day. Anyway, John told Hunter he doesn't have a key to this lady's house and he can't leave yet. He'll be home as soon as he can though.
In the meantime, I got the house phone to call my Mama who lives next door and said, as calmly as I could, "I've got an emergency. Can you bring as many towels as you can. My utility room and kitchen are flooded." She said she'd be there in just a minute.
I picked up the soaking wet towels and threw them into the utility room sink. The water was slowly working it's way under my dishwasher, refrigerator and stove. Hunter went outside to get the mop and mop bucket but I knew that a single mop wasn't going to do the job. Think Lisa think! I ran down the hall to the linen closet and got blankets and throws. If you ever have a water leak and need something to soak up water....toss a throw down and it'll suck it up big time.
Mama comes in and just says "Oh baby!" and starts doing what she can. My cell phone rings and Hunter goes to answer it. What happens next? You can probably imagine what happens when somebody goes running over a wet floor......he slips down and busts his butt. It looked just like something out of a comedy....he's trying to stand up and his socks are slipping on the wet floor and he's holding on to the edge of the cabinet reaching for the phone. It was just the laugh I needed. The phone call was John saying he was on his way home.
Once John got there, we had most, but not all, of the water soaked up except for what was under the appliances. He moved all those around and we soaked up the water and cleaned underneath. I was just plain old disgusted. I clean my house thoroughly every Saturday and am a stickler for a clean kitch and baathroom but what was found underneath my appliances was gross. Where does all that fuzz and grime come from?
So, after about 3 hours of cleaning, we finally had the water up, the floors wiped down, the cabinets wiped down (they had water all over them from us picking the towels up and putting them in our three sinks) and the appliances all back in place.
Yesterday, Mama took all of our towels, blankets and throws to a local washateria who had the commercial size washers and dryers. We had six huge black garbage bags of wet stuff! Thank goodness she did that! I love my Mama.
We still haven't hooked the washer back up. We plan on doing that this afternoon. I am hoping that it was just some fluke that it overflowed. If not, I'll either have to call in a repairman to fix it or just buy another washer.
Maybe I can get an installment up tonight or tomorrow!