Another different day today. Last night there was a down pour and a wind which drove the rain all over the place. Today it has cleared up with a few scattered clouds and a very icy westerly wind. In the sun it's 15ยบ but in the shade it's about 4. Not going for my walk today.
This morning part of the carpet in the basement was soaking wet, water had somehow got in from outside. We lifted the carpet where it was very wet, removed the underlay and put a heater fan on the bedroom carpet to dry it out and stop it from getting mould on it. A bit of a disaster as the basement has flooded before about 2 years ago. That time it was the old water heater which sprang a leak and had to be replaced. The water was a few inched deep and caused more damage. This time only about 2 sq. metres of carpet got wet. It must have either come in through the wall which is below ground level or up through the floor. We can only think it was from the melted snow and driving rain which has left the ground very soggy indeed. Basement leaks are a very common occurrence here in Canada so are not usually covered by insurance. Not good! The strange thing about this is the house is about 30 years old and now suddenly it's sprung a leak. MIKE HOLMES WE NEED YOU!!!!Otherwise it's good to see the sun again although it'll only be for
one or two days. It looks like it's going to get cold and snow again, which isn't too bad either. I've just made myself a nice cup of Nabob percolated coffee and am sipping that.
We've got a basketball match to go to this evening, my youngest nephew's playing. I'll take the video camera along and hope that doesn't play up again.The flipout LCD viewfinder's gone faulty, I think it snow got in it at the tubing over the weekend. I can't even buy another one here because I need a PAL camera, not NTSC.
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