The Red River Beat Us!

House

Seriously, what are the odds? We buy a house 4 months ago. Two days before moving in, we get burst pipes. NOW, hours after getting a fully functional upstairs bathroom, the dike over by the old Lincoln Drive neighborhood broke loose!! We had to leave the house a couple hours ago due to the water making its way up our street. From what the radio is saying, our neighborhood has a few feet of water in it.

I think we are going to give up the dream of ever owning a home.

Here is a picture that the paper in town here has on its website:

Our house is about 10 blocks to the left of this picture. We’ll keep you up to date.  Sounds like FEMA will be bringing in trailers for people whose houses are under water to live in.

Happy April Fool’s Day!

7 Comments

7 Comments

  1. Mark  •  Apr 1, 2009 @12:19 pm

    :P

    I was really, really worried for you!

  2. momomatic  •  Apr 1, 2009 @9:15 pm

    Dudes!

  3. Andrea  •  Apr 2, 2009 @4:08 pm

    In answer to your comment, the Kindle is not backlit so it is not like a computer screen that damages your eyes over long periods of use. You need to have light to read it. It looks exactly like a book and you can change the font to a larger or smaller size. There are videos on youtube with demonstrations so you can get a preview before ordering. Unfortunately, they do not sell them in stores, only online.

  4. bungalowbliss  •  Apr 6, 2009 @7:53 am

    You had me worried! So glad you guys (and la casa) are okay!

  5. Liz  •  Apr 7, 2009 @2:38 pm

    OMG! You totally got me – felt my heart drop thinking about your house and all the work you had done and now the water, etc., etc., etc. So happy it’s not true!

  6. Shane  •  Apr 8, 2009 @11:43 am

    My apologizes. This was probably a bit cruel. I questioned it after I posted it, but the damage was done so I left it up.

    Sorry :)

  7. Casey  •  Apr 9, 2009 @8:57 pm

    Ya, I would say so! You link me to this post and have me read it. I felt instant panic and then realize it’s April Fools. FUNNY!

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