The good news is that the wedding and reception were just WONDERFUL! It was great to see family and friends again - many of whom I hadn't seen in 15 years or so. I'll post some pics a little later. The food went over very well - lots of nice comments (and I still have just a lil bit of lasagna left over to savor!
The bad news is that the HazMat crew spent about 3 1/2 hours here yesterday. We had a MAJOR sewer backup from the City sewer line into our basement on Sunday, the day after the wedding. At the time there were probably 20 friends/relatives here and we had to shut off water to the whole house and squeeze our butt cheeks together for about 6 hours. We bailed and vacuumed a couple of hundred gallons of effluent from the basement and carried it outside to the back lawn before the City came and cleared the blockage in the main line. Considering what germs would be contained in the normal stuff that runs in a sewer line is bad enough but it was compounded by the fact/worry that there's a hospital about 2 1/2 blocks on the upside of the blockage and I don't wanna THINK about what might be contained in THEIR sewage!
But the basement is dry once again and should be disease free. Antimicrobials and steam cleaning plus 6 fans and a HUGE dehumidifier ran all night. Homeowners insurance will cover it but we're pursuing it with the City insurance first. Many thanks to Carl and Jude for pitching in and helping so much when we were bailing. If it hadn't been for the wedding guests/family that were here, I could never have done it alone - I would have just walked away and checked into a hotel.
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