Lessons from a Day of Keeping Our Basement from flooding

I woke up at 5:00 a.m. this morning planning to write a very different lesson. I knew as soon as my foot hit the squishy floor that we were in for a long day. It’s almost 9:00 p.m. and I’m taking a break.

Here are just a few things I learned today while trying to contain the leaks coming from the cracks in our basement floor:

Tell your wife you love her. It’s easy to let stress blind you. Don’t settle for small. The first shop vac we bought had a 2.5 gallon tank. It filled up in 3 minutes. S...