Fun fun.

So, Friday night I see a few ants in the downstairs bathroom. Ken kills them with some kind of kitchen cleaner and a few paper towels. Then, he flushes them and the paper towels down the toilet.

On Saturday morning I go into the kitchen. It's completely flooded. So is the living room. So is the downstairs bathroom. Ken shopvacs up all the water and I call my brother to borrow the carpet steamer.

Then, we learn that whenever we turn on the kitchen sink, dishwasher, my upstairs shower or flush my toilet, the toilet downstairs overflows again. Suddenly there are ants in the kitchen too.

I have to go to the bathroom. So does Madeleine. Number 2. SEVERAL times on Saturday AND Sunday. The kid decided she loved beans this weekend. Luckily she hits her potty every time. (She's actually doing BETTER wearing her cloth diapers than she was in her pullups. She's only had about 2 accidents all weekend and that was when we were out.)

While the house keeps flooding, I call my dad. My mom and dad are at the Saturday night 5:30 mass but I text them to come over on the way home. Dad says we need a plumber.

Sunday morning we call Rotorooter. They come and can't seem to find the pipe outside that goes toward the house. They quote us $1600. Ken sends him away, goes outside and finds the access under our porch in about 5 minutes. I spend most of the day trying to keep a curious toddler away from the ant traps and changing her socks when she walks through water. Oh, we also have a mouse in the garage Ken's trying to "catch."

Luckily, Ken's toilet and shower seems to be working ok, so we have been using that. But we haven't done any laundry or dishes all weekend.

We called a different plumber and he is coming tomorrow morning at 9am. PLEASE God don't let it be too expensive and PLEASE let it be an easy fix......