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8-30-2013 ~ Blog # 560 (David & Joan)
We hiked at Springfield Bog today; it was fun.
8-17-2013 ~ Blog # 560 (David)
On the 17th Tallmadge hosted its annual light parade. Joan worked the Treehouse Preschool game booth; the girls and I met up with her at dusk.
8-27-2013 ~ Blog # 560 (Joan)
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IHM Grades 3 & 4 Girls Soccer IHM VS St. Hilary 8-25-2013 ~ Blog # 559
Click Here to see 39 photos from game 1
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8-9-2013 ~ Blog # 558 (David & Joan) We celebrated Svea's 14th birthday on Wednesday. We had just a small celebration with just the family as Svea requested. It began with homemade cinnamon rolls by Joan and ended with a chocolate with blackberries birthday cake by Brigitta. In between there was a hike near a corn field, presents and a steak dinner. A pretty darn good day for a pretty darn good kid. Happy Birthday to you, Svea!
Yesterday we may have had the most intense rain
in the history of our 58 year-old neighborhood. Even though
there is a slight slope from our back yard to our front yard and
we installed French drains three years ago, the level of water
in our backyard was higher than ever. The level was high enough
that water tricked over the weather seal of our back garage
door. Eventually our power went out when
a huge tree fell across Howe Road and took out the power lines
and pole on the other side. This was the fourth time this summer
that we have had rain heavy enough to cause minor flooding in
the basement. It
was pretty much a worst case scenario: worst rain ever and then
no electricity/sump pump. The sump overflowed into the storm
drain right next to it. The sump and drain are at the lowest
point in the basement and the adjacent wall had 1/8" to
1/2" slow flow to the sump/drain. The opposite corner had some
water as well so we rolled up the 10X12 carpet just to be safe.
The entire basement is always ready for a minor flood,
everything is elevated except for that carpet, three bean bags
and whatever mess the kids have on the floor. It's funny that
Joan redecorated the craft room into a second living/movie room
about six weeks ago and since then we've had three of the worst
rains ever. We had no damage at all, but it sure is annoying.
Back door of our garage
Back door (above) Pam & Gary's (below)
Howe Road
On Monday we drove to Chagrin Falls to visit cousins Ri, Ken and their kids.
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