I had finished unloading all of my boxes into my own room and decided to help my parents with some of their boxes. I had this huge heavy box in my hands and didn't know where to put it. I asked my dad where he wanted it and he said to put it down in the basement. I wasn't really familiar with the house and didn't know the door to which the basement lead down to. I searched for about 30 minutes, opened all the downstairs doors to find that there was no door that lead down to a basement. I put the box down in confusion and reported back to my dad that we didn't have a basement. His response, "WHAT! THERE'S NO BASEMENT!" Hahaha!
After all the years that I lived there, I always thought it was weird that our house was the only house on the block that didn't have a basement. My friends would sometimes tell me that they knew someone that had the same layout that our house did, but theirs had a basement. Didn't think too much of it then.
Because of the lack of space, my parents had turned their garage into a game room/storage room. My mom even used one of the coat closets for a place to put her food storage.
A week ago, my parents were having plumbing issues and had a plumber come over to fix a problem they were having. The plumber told my parents that he would need to see the basement to figure out what the problem was. My mom told him that they didn't have a basement, but the plumber insisted that they did. After arguing for a couple minutes, the plumber convinced my mom to let him try to find it. He walked to one of the closets downstairs, opened the door and pointed to a piece of plywood that was against the wall that was blocked by a big shelf we had put there. He removed the shelf, and yanked the plywood off the wall, and lo and behold, stairs that lead down to a basement.
When we all came over for Christmas, my parents were so excited to tell us about the great news they had! My favorite quote from Christmas night was my mom saying, "Princess! I'm so excited I found the basement!"
It was a Christmas Miracle!
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That is one of the funniest stories I have ever heard. That is so cool for them to now know they have all that room now for your mom's food storage and game rooms. Hope you and Matt had a good Christmas and a Great New Years. We need to get together and hang out some time this New Year.
Ha Ha Ha! That is way funny!
BTW I got my anatomy books in the mail this morning...this class looks like it is going to be really interesting!
That is the funniest story ever! I am still trying to figure it out. I seriously wonder how much of the utitilities are housed down there.
Oh my gosh Gianne, that is the funniest story ever!! The plumber is probably telling this story to everyone he knows right now. It must be nice to have your house double in size, but too bad it wasn't while you all still lived there. :)
I seriously always wondered why we never hung out in your basement and why your garage was your game room! Now I know! That's great!
O MY GOODNESS! THAT IS SOMETHING CRAZY!
That story is classic! Sure was a christmas miracle!
That is such an awesome story! So exciting!
I just have to ask, what did you think the basement windows led to before you discovered the basement? Haha!
This kills me every time I hear about it!
WOW... Miracles really do happen!!! Congrats on your new find! ...that is so funny!
That is HILARIOUS!
best story of 2009, i'm serious! I have told everyone I know because I think it's hilarious... and so something that would happen to me.
No way! That is a crazy story! I bet your parents now feel that they almost have a new house! How cool is that???
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