Hey, y'all! It's been a rough week filled with some bad luck. On Monday evening, our front loading washing machine door broke open mid-cycle and in seconds gushed TONS of water all over our laundry room and into our living room with wood floors and almost immediately leaked into the basement where my gym is.
The Hubs and I rushed to minimize the damage by clearing out the water but we still had to call a restoration company to help. They've been running very loud dryers on our floors and ceiling since Tuesday. Our ceiling, ductwork, and insulation will have to be replaced and they are still trying to save our wood floors even though we got as much water off of them as we could very quickly. I still need to check my treadmill and elliptical to see if they work, but I wanted to give them time to dry out. It's been a mess.
And to make it worse I retweaked my back when I was helping clean up the mess. I ended up finally calling my doctor over it this week who thinks it's sciatica. She gave me some muscle relaxers to hopefully calm it down and thinks I probably should do PT. We'll see how it heals in the next few days.
On top of that, it's been a crazy cold and snowy week. Here's how we all feel about it...
The boys actually got a kick out of watching it outside the window.
We got enough snow for them to play in but before we could get out it iced and rained on top of it making it pretty miserable.
On a more positive note, the boys cooked again this week! They helped Daddy make some swordfish for me for our Saturday night dinner before all the drama happened.
It turned out pretty amazing!
The boys also helped Daddy make his Sunday morning pancakes. It's so cute to see them look forward to stuff like this.
I'll leave you with a couple of blurry but adorable pics for the week. Hunter has started saying "CHEESE!" just like this every time I turn the camera on him. I'm getting total Chandler Bing vibes from this. 🙂
And here's some sweet snuggles. Luckily the boys just think all the machines in the house are kind of cool and have been troupers. I'm so grateful to have these two who put stuff like house damage in perspective.
I'm off to go pick out a new washer now!
The shock of it all has worn off and we are doing a lot better than we were earlier this week, but we could still use some prayers and positive vibes. I'm hoping we can everything fixed quickly and go back to our nice and calm BORING life very soon. 🙂
Sara Jones says
Prayers for your back and all the trauma of home damage. Your boys are precious and God gives us joy as them.
Sarah Brackney says
Julie: I too have very bad low back pain that sometimes radiates down my leg. I have found a belt that works like magic. It's called a Serola Sacroiliac Belt and Amazon sells it. You wear it around your hips 24/7 and I can't begin to tell you how much it has helped my pain. Please check it out and see if it's something you think might help you.
Judy says
Sorry for your troubles. You might want to get a top loader next time. Love ya Aunt Judy
Linda Howell says
Julie sorry to hear this happening to your sweet family. Clean up is heck and those fans can drive you crazy. Good thing is maybe you won't have to spring clean in laundry room, living room and gym. I hope it is over soon for the mom of the house.
Stay safe .
Denise Krise says
Hi Julie, sorry to hear about your messy accident. Hopefully you get things fixed sooner than later. With COVID-19 everything seems to take longer. I’ll pray for you. Also, I have had sciatica for Avery long time now. PT certainly helped me. Mine is so bad I see a pain management doctor as well. This has helped me tremendously. You take care and give all 3 of your boys a hug from me. 😘
Ann Gardnet says
So sorry julie. Many years ago we had a pipe burst. What a mess. I was at work when my husband called to tell me. Good part was insurance covered everything. They came in and tore out all he carpet. So i got brand new carpet .pray things will get better for your back.
Lacreatia Buff says
I am so sorry for you. I know how you feel. Our kitchen sick pipes burst on Christmas Eve one year. Water got all over our kitchen and dining room hardwood floors. We also tried to get the water off the floor as quickly as possible, but unfortunately, our beautiful hardwood floors were ruined. Thankfully, our insurance covered the cost of new hardwood floors. It also ruined the ceiling tiles in the basement. I will pray that God will give you a more peaceful week. Looking at those two beautiful boys certainly helps you feel better. God bless!
Luci H Buckner says
Going to a chiropractor for treatment of sciatica can really help. Sorry you had all of those troubles. Hope you are better soon.
Tammy says
I'm so sorry this happened. It totally sucks... I can't even imagine. Sending good vibes!
Martha says
adorable little boys, so enjoy seeing pictures. Sorry for all that happened, hope all will be ok, no water damage,
Maria says
Hi Julie,
You certainly have made the best of a stressful time. Sorry to hear what happened with your washer.
Just wanted to mention I have been dealing with sciatica pain myself I suffered due to losing my balance and falling on my tail bone last September. Being 65 years old my injury is taking a while to heal and hopefully as you are so young you will be out of pain soon. It's hard for others to grasp the impact this can cause in moving throughout the day unless they have experienced themselves. I met you and your husband at a wine tasting when your boys were 7 months old and have been enjoying your blog posts since. You make a very cute couple and happy family.
It a bright spot each Friday seeing what you and your toddlers have been doing.
Wishing you all the best with your injury and hope you find relief soon.
Priscilla Norris says
So sorry! Wishing you better days!