The Bones

I'm probably one of the least romantic people you'll ever meet.  I'm a cold Norwegian and it just is what it is.  Not to say that I don't attempt to be lovey dovey and crap once in a while.. which is what I did on our anniversary this year.  Looking back, little did I know, I was kind of foreshadowing our so-called Fall Flood.

September 8th was our 18th wedding anniversary and there's a song by Maren Morris called, "The Bones" and I just love everything about it. If you haven't listened to it, you must... it is so well-written.  Listen to the original version on her Girl album. Not the version featuring Hozier.  Or the Dave Aude Remix... Not sure how many versions they thought they needed?  There's also an acoustic version too.  WHATEVER!  Just listen to the damn song.  It's good.

The chorus goes:

When the bones are good, the rest don't matter
Yeah, the paint could peel, the glass could shatter
Let it rain 'cause you and I remain the same
When there ain't a crack in the foundation
Baby, I know any storm we're facing
Will blow right over while we stay put
The house don't fall when the bones are good

I momentarily forgot what my point was and I had to go back and re-read what I wrote already.  Jesus.

My point was that I was trying to be all romantic and shit and posted this verse with some cute pictures of the two of us on Facebook for our anniversary.  I try to be romantic and end up being creepy instead.  I should know better.

Let it rain 'cause you and I remain the same..... Let it rain?  Sure.  Bring on the rain... All 65 inches of it plus, throw in a little snow, because, you know, we love disasters.

When there ain't a crack in the foundation....crack in the foundation... where the 65 inches of rain seeped in... you mean that foundation?!

Will blow right over while we stay put..... while we stay put.  Stay put.  For THREE DAYS.  Wet vac'ing EVERY HOUR.  For THREE DAYS.  Did I say it was for THREE DAYS yet?

I had no idea I was a clairvoyant but apparently I am.

Current situation:
-We are still dry!  Yay!
-All three sump pumps still run on a regular basis, albeit not as often.
-We FINALLY got the carpet re-installed downstairs.  No thanks to no-show carpet layer guy who is now eternally on my shit list.
-I found out Beano really does work.
-Ryan made an awesome built-in to camouflage the sump in the bedroom.

Tah-dah!

The business that we bought our reclaimed wood from in Fargo, Dakota Timber Company, did a tent show at Simonson's the Friday after the dust settled so Ryan was able to purchase more reclaimed wood from them to tie in the built-in with the wood wall.  Small win but we'll take it!  If you haven't checked out Dakota Timber Company out of Fargo, you should! 

🎵   No, it don't always go the way we planned it......

But the wolves came and went and we're still standing  🎵