Last September Update

WE HAVE 1/2 A ROOF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

September Fire Update #2

The trusses are up. After over a week of NO work being done on the house, the trusses went up today and I am so excited. I will repeat my earlier posts saying, "Once the roof is on, things move a lot faster". So I am counting on that to happen now. It seems like the contractor has been telling me that for a long time. I know that they cannot control the weather, but it was very sad watching my house (or what is left of it) sit here with no work being done on it.This is the view from inside the house now. It changed the look so much to have the trusses on. It almost looks like a real house again. We are supposed to have a whole roof by the end of the week!
This is the LARGE crane that was used to put the trusses up. The crane operator got all the trusses on in 3 hours, it was amazing the transformation!

We still covet your prayers on a daily basis. We are about 60% done with inventorying our belongings. It does not get any easier, but we are hoping to be done soon, so that we can only look ahead instead of viewing what we have lost. Thanks to everyone who has been praying for our family. We love each and every one of you!

Stand Still on the House Building

You have to love the rain, we need it. Yet, I wish it would go away for now. I waited 3 weeks for the trusses to get here for the roof. They came last Thursday. The crane to put the trusses on was supposed to come yesterday, but they canceled because it was supposed to rain. So now, we are a week to ten days before the crane can come back out, and the work is at a stand still because they cannot do any more inside until the roof is put on. I just want to say that it has been a hard week for me to see NOTHING being done on the house. Pray for me!

Thankful Thursday

I have many things to be thankful for!

Today I am thankful for trusses!!

Thank you Lord for watching over my family on a daily basis. It occurred to me this week that I am 2/5th of the way through this trial! Only around three more months until my house is finished. I have been waiting for 3 weeks on the trusses to begin the roof and they arrived today. Please let the work continue at a good pace, and watch over and protect the workers here rebuilding my house for us! Please continue to give me the strength and patience to survive this!

September Fire Update

The house is coming along, the contractor says good, I still say very slow!!
We now have very few walls and floors, the roof is coming the end of this week, and they say that once the roof is on, things will move faster. I sure hope so!

This is my newest thing to think about. I have always hated shutters on houses. They serve no purpose like the old wooden shutters you could close way back in the day. So we have removed the shutters from the front of the house and I think that it looks fine without them, so I will probably not be putting new shutters back on. Let me know if you have an opinion on this.

Beyond Groovy!
Meredith's room had layers upon layers of flooring. This was the bottom layer, you want us to save it for your house? Jay thinks its groovy!

Just another dumpster being filled at the Jones home! We have counted that they have used at least 7 dumpsters in cleaning out debris and they still have a few more floors to rip up! This will be one thing that I will not miss in the yard when it is gone, oh yeah and do not forget the portapotty. (I will NOT show you a picture of that nasty thing!)

Our water went out for about 2 days this past weekend. That was a bummer, but the only setback or trial I had all week. God is good to us!

So, in closing, please continue to pray for us. I feel like every posting is asking for prayer, but we sure do need it.

Happy Anniversary To Me

Today is such a happy day for me.
It is my 15th Wedding Anniversary!
Such a milestone! I feel so blessed to have a great husband like Jay, I love him so much!