Well, I hope things are moving forward! Our house is now 4' off the ground. Our bedroom floors stayed on the concrete slab... I was NOT expecting that!! I don't know why, it seems everyone else knew that would happen. Not me. Shocked, I am!!I'm really just hoping that things keep progressing through cold weather. I don't know what can or can't be done and what conditions stop processes, I only know that I really want my house back. After living out of boxes for 5 months, I'm ready to go home!! Our cats have dispersed in unknown directions and one of our dogs didn't make it. This has been a really hard summer and fall on all of us.
Anyway... The next things we're waiting for are the digging out under the bedrooms and laying the blocks for the higher foundation. We'll be adding 3 courses of blocks (that's 3 rows in common language!) under the kitchen/dining room and living room. The new basement under the bedrooms will be poured concrete. Morgan is saying that he heard them say that it only needs to be above 5° to lay block. The temp in the car says 37°, but I don't see anyone laying block!!! Yes, a little impatient, but you have to believe that you would be, too!
I also wanted to say a huge THANK YOU to all those who are making this happen. We have had donations coming in from people and places you would never imagine. We have a really big God and He is GOOD!! ...ALL THE TIME!! From the friends and strangers who helped us evacuate, to those offering us housing for ourselves, our stuff and our pets, to those who helped tear out and clean up and to those who are helping us rebuild: We just don't have the words to properly thank you! Thank you for the time, the effort, the prayers and the words of encouragement... Thank you for keeping us going! We've also had builders helping as much as possible. Getting started with a deposit that barely even covers materials, knowing that we can only hope that the money will come in. They've all been great!
I've had a really hard time wanting to keep this blog going this summer. I've been so disappointed, so angry and so lost; all while trying to stay strong for my family. I just haven't usually been very optimistic and I don't like how most of my comments sound. I've been doing better just not saying anything at all!! I know that people are now anxious to hear how things are moving along and how they can help. It's all waiting right now and that's the hardest part for me! I know that's pretty normal, but that doesn't make it any easier!! Since digging, pouring concrete and laying blocks aren't my specialties, I just have to wait until it's my turn to help. I seriously can't believe the mess in the house! Sawing through the concrete floor created a blanket of dust unlike anything I can describe. It must not have anything to do with gravity, because it's everywhere!
Ok, want to get this posted for the day and then maybe I can start getting some of my thoughts together in an organized fashion to update it frequently. We only have a few more days to beg FEMA for more money, so I need to fill out more forms and appeals. They haven't been easy to work with and they don't understand that my copies of everything they want are in storage and may not be seen until we move back in! I don't know what's so hard about them coming up with government copies of what they want. It's all there and there doesn't seem to be any privacy where the government is concerned!!
Oh, well... onward...
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