the thaw and a flood

It's about 63ºF here today and our basement flooded! Actually our sump pump quite working so it flooded. Everything was basically on shelves and in plastic bins, but yikes what a lot of water. I did have to pitch quite a few scrapbook magazines, but that was a bit liberating actually. I mean...how many sb magazines does one girl really need? i was bummed that my bazill idea book and rebecca sower book got wet. I'm drying them as we speak. (keep turning the pages).

We really need to get a propane generator around here...in case the power goes out and this happens. It was frightening how quickly the water entered the house!