Max practicing his piano

Hangin with my boys

Today we woke up and took the boys up to Alpental for some skiing. The pass was awful and on the way home they had checkpoints to make sure people had chains before heading up.

We came home, had showers, ate grilled cheese sandwiches and just hung out as a family. The boys wanted to play the wii so I let them beat me at dance dance revolution and mario cart. I could've won but I didn't want them to feel bad.

Chris is helping Jonah with his Homework, Christian is doing his piano and Max is reading. It is just a nice quiet night. I will add some photos of the house later.

Home repair

Here are the long awaited photos. Things are changing so fast. Chris keeps asking me if I am taking pictures and I am but only about once a week. These pictures actually showed up in reverse order. The pics on top are actually from today. They show the new drywall and subfloor. The pics below are various stages of construction from insulating walls to complete distruction. This is not at all fun but we are dealing. The kids are getting excited to see some change. It looks as though we will be moving back home the first week of April. I am anxious.

I have WALLS

After not blogging for a long time, here I am blogging two days in a row. I have had several updates today from my contractor. The drywall crew came in hung all the drywall, taped and have now added two coats of mud. I can not believe it. This morning when I walked in and saw the walls a weight was immediately lifted. I still haven't had time to post pics but I will definately try to this weekend. In the mean time, I think we are right on schedule for getting back in very close to the end of the month. Yippee!!!

Flood update

Well, I know I have not been great at communicating what has been going on. I have daily requests to post pictures and update what has been going on. Sorry. I will post pics when I get home this afternoon.

Things are finally getting put back together which is nice. The furnace, duct work, hot water tank, electricity, insulation and some plumbing have all been replaced. The drywall is being delivered to day and hopefully they will start hanging it today as well. The flooring has been ordered. They tell me it won't be finished for a month still. Which is freaking me out.

We had our first baseball practice last night and all three teams will be in full swing come Saturday. It looks like we may be moving back in on Opening Day Weekend. GREAT! Maybe a couple days after.

I am getting anxious to go back home. I wish this was all behind me yesterday. We are still dealing with Fema, Insurance and the SBA which irritates the heck out of me. We are hoping to raise the house this spring so we NEVER have to deal with this again. Pray that all that lines up as we hope it will.

The kids are doing so much better. They are good boys. They are handling sharing one room between the three of them quite well. Chris is busy with work, which is a blessing in this economy. I am forever learning how to juggle more effectively. Work is good for me and I am pleased with my new schedule. I am trying hard to keep up with laundry, housework, the other house, the boys and my job. I do better on some days than I do on others but heck, I am doing the best I can.

My friends have been so patient with me and helped me a ton. They haven't gotten completely ticked that I am not returning calls in a reasonable amount of time. My friend Jerean spent 6 hours running house errands with me (anyone who has ever shopped with me knows she is a saint). In my defense, I ate before I left the house. Maria loaned me a microwave (holy cow that has changed our lives). Our friend John solved our flooring dispute. Sal single handidly destroyed our Mold problem. My girls have helped keep me sane, I adore my friends. Big props to them all. Other than that, things are normal. Thanks to everyone who has pitched in to make things happen. I will try to update this again soon.