"it looks like a giant cream cicle"

Yesterday was brutal, no doubt about it. We had over 2 feet of flooding in our basement. The plumbers came, discovered the city line was backed up and that the sewage from our neighbors was all coming into our house. Lovely. The smell...rancid. The plumber then informed me that the gas smell is harmful to be breathing in and said how sometimes once you go to bed, you don't wake up. SCARY, esp considering my little sweet pea just down the hall! Needless to say, its a work in progress over here. The water/sewage has been drained but now the clean up needs to begin. We have friends in the restoration business (what a blessing!) but due to the Texas flooding they are quite busy so Adam has been given the needed info and has been working on it himself. Big sigh. I spent most of yesterday in tears, today action was taken and things are looking up. I really hope after this we get a breather from home "issues."

On a happier note, we went to Tennessee this weekend! Adam and I left B w/ the Peters (thanks guys!) and met up with Mike, Doug, and Kemi for the Oregon Duck football game! When we walked on the campus all we saw was orange, Adam said "it looks like a giant cream cicle" -and it did! Some proud TN volunteers! I'm not sure if anyone reading this actually watched the game but they had over an hour delay due to weather. Needless to say, there was lightening, LOTS of rain, and some crazy wind (not super comforting when you are sitting in the highest/top row, in water, next to long metal flag poles). So, we sat there soaking wet and the game got over around midnight. But, it was all worth it because the Ducks were victorious! 48-13....NICE! I love our tradition of traveling to a Duck game every year (even though we missed last year), always a great time. Here are some snapshots I took on the ol' piece -o-crap point n' shoot -enjoy! xo