Wow Us Wednesday Link Party

Hello everyone! I am back on the blog, yes a bit late but it is still August right? I am doing better since school started, regaining my energy a bit, and it has been cooler here in hot AZ and that helps a lot! Have you seen the news with all the flooding here? Well I had one room flood a bit, it happened 3 different times actually, during all that rain we had. It was my craft room/office.

We live on a bit of a hill and that room is only an inch or so above ground level. There are 2 drains on the patio to keep the flooding from happening. The drains have worked wonderfully all these years as long as we keep them free from leaves; until this last month. The last big rain I watched as the water level started rising on the patio and began to creep up my arcadia door. I was determined I would somehow keep that water out no matter what. I gathered up all my towels and throw rugs and packed them around the bottom of the door.

Well of course the water was coming in anyway but I did slow it down. The kids were in cranky moods and fighting and I was at my wits end worrying over everything getting wet again in there. I was afraid mold might be a problem too with yet more moisture. Suddenly I had a thought......what if I used the toilet plunger on the drains?  Crazy idea I know but I grabbed it and went outside through a door on higher ground and plunged away on those drains.  The kids thought it was hilarious watch grandma out in the pouring rain wet all the way  though plunging away on those drains! I discovered one of them had a blockage of rocks and crayons! So that’s where the crayons went! Hmmmm….little stinkers :)  The plunger opened the drains and the water soon disappeared.

I'm SOOOO glad to see you here! THANKS FOR COMING BACK!

Here are a few post from the last link up that caught my eye.....it's still summer here!

Frozen Watermelon Lemonade from Gator Mommy Reviews.

23 Easy Ice Cream Maker Recipes from The Crafty Blog Stalker.

Oasis of 25 Summer Salads from With A Blast!
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Wow Us Wednesday is a linky for:

• All items, projects or ideas made by you, crafts, art, photography, furniture re-dos, organizational feats, recipes, money saving tips, decorating ideas, party plans, inspirational, family...... you name it! Please don’t forget to link back with text link or button!
• Please consider following me, and PLEASE visit some other linkers and comment there too.

I love to feature projects I choose and share them the following week here and on Facebook, Google+, Twitter and as feature post or round ups - by submitting a link to this party you are allowing authorization for your project to be featured with a photo from your post. I also Pin all Features. Featured links will include a photo and a link back to the originating site.

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