...and I want to tell them so, here are some updates on previous blogs and a little new info:
Yes, we have a new shower head now and I no longer smell smoke when I my hair gets wet :)
No, I have not changed the "Home address" on my Navigation System.
Aidan's crosses were found in a melted box, I don't know if it's a bigger miracle that they stayed in tact or that they were ever found.
Mike's mom is doing better and has a home health nurse staying with her.
The dryer still isn't quite right but we are bringing ours over this weekend thanks to some more folks from Terranova (our church) who are lending us a hand.
I am still working on the list of items for our claim. It is a very tedious job and some items are just to priceless to assign a replacement cost to so the cell is empty.
Lenox has been out to inspect the furnace, they were there all day and I think even took it with them.
No news on the demo plans for our house. We did get a bid - though it did not include a price so I don't understand why it's called a bid - to demo the 2nd story only. We don't want to incur the cost of two demo's so we are going to fight to just demo "everything" at once. What "Everything" is defined as is still up in the air, we have decided to engage our own engineer to help determine what is safe to keep.
My mom has been here for a week helping us dig through the stuff we have in the garage - pictured above is what we were able to retrieve initially. Lots of it is dirty and ashy some is molded and a lot is trash :( It's strange though how dirty our hands get when we touch things that seem to be clean, apparently there is a lot of soot we just can't see.
As for us, we are fine - in the most general sense of the term. I have tried to adhere to our "normal schedule" thinking that if we kept everything "normal" it would be "normal". The thing is, there is just nothing normal about this. So, we have begun to adjust our schedules, decline invitations (cuz we just aren't in celebratory moods), put our jammies on early and watch movies together. I guess we are sort of circling our wagons, and trying to regroup. But don't forget about us. Keep praying, calling and e-mailing. It's nice to have the break, and terribly depressing to check my e-mail and not have anything but junk. I used to get over 100 e-mails a day. If we're too busy, we won't answer or check so don't worry about bothering us - sometimes a bother is just what we need.
Yes, we have a new shower head now and I no longer smell smoke when I my hair gets wet :)
No, I have not changed the "Home address" on my Navigation System.
Aidan's crosses were found in a melted box, I don't know if it's a bigger miracle that they stayed in tact or that they were ever found.
Mike's mom is doing better and has a home health nurse staying with her.
The dryer still isn't quite right but we are bringing ours over this weekend thanks to some more folks from Terranova (our church) who are lending us a hand.
I am still working on the list of items for our claim. It is a very tedious job and some items are just to priceless to assign a replacement cost to so the cell is empty.
Lenox has been out to inspect the furnace, they were there all day and I think even took it with them.
No news on the demo plans for our house. We did get a bid - though it did not include a price so I don't understand why it's called a bid - to demo the 2nd story only. We don't want to incur the cost of two demo's so we are going to fight to just demo "everything" at once. What "Everything" is defined as is still up in the air, we have decided to engage our own engineer to help determine what is safe to keep.
My mom has been here for a week helping us dig through the stuff we have in the garage - pictured above is what we were able to retrieve initially. Lots of it is dirty and ashy some is molded and a lot is trash :( It's strange though how dirty our hands get when we touch things that seem to be clean, apparently there is a lot of soot we just can't see.
As for us, we are fine - in the most general sense of the term. I have tried to adhere to our "normal schedule" thinking that if we kept everything "normal" it would be "normal". The thing is, there is just nothing normal about this. So, we have begun to adjust our schedules, decline invitations (cuz we just aren't in celebratory moods), put our jammies on early and watch movies together. I guess we are sort of circling our wagons, and trying to regroup. But don't forget about us. Keep praying, calling and e-mailing. It's nice to have the break, and terribly depressing to check my e-mail and not have anything but junk. I used to get over 100 e-mails a day. If we're too busy, we won't answer or check so don't worry about bothering us - sometimes a bother is just what we need.
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