We'll title this one, "Water, water, everywhere!!"

About a week after we got all moved into our new place, and about 3am after the first rain here, we heard the pitter-pat of running water, and yup, it was coming from the ceiling of the bedroom, pretty hard. Somehow ... we found out later, there is a hole in the roof right through the shingles, tar paper, and 5/8 plywood. The hole looks about 9mm in diameter ... so either a meteorite or falling lead or contractor goof up ... we don't know. The contractor has assumed full responsibility so far ... so that's good.



At the same time and during the same rain, the yard between our house and the next one turned into a quagmire where you had to wear some pretty tough and high rubber boots even to venture out there ... poor Buster was up to his armpits.



Anyhow the builder has again assumed responsibility and has begun to create a drainage ditch for us and we will enhance the "Big Dig" with our own flagstone and river rock dry creek.