This is how far along the house the water spread.
The Flood of 2008:
What you are mostly looking at, is my garage from the house we JUST moved out of. The house was basically empty, but we still had stuff in the garage, where the ceiling caved. The pipe burst from the floor in the upstairs bathroom. The bedroom floor is soaked all the way down the hall and into the other bedrooms. That's just the first floor. The downstairs bathroom is soaking wet, the ceiling started to give way in the shower (pictures shown below) and the rest of the ceiling is very heavy and could give in at any moment. The water from this bathroom leaked into the family room downstairs ruining the carpet there as well. The worst ceiling damage was in the garage. We don't know how long the water was spraying for. Possibly 3 to 7 days! Yikes!! I still need to take pictures of the floor boards after we ripped off the carpet. It's not pretty. I would say that a good 2/3 of the house needs to be replaced. WONDERFUL!
Now why would I title this...Blessings come in ALL different shapes and SIZES? Well, the best way I know how to get through hard times, is to find those little or BIG blessings. As I started counting (while trying to clean up the mess) I was amazed at how many blessings I could count from this "experience".
The best was obviously, no one got hurt.
Next, we aren't living there.
And the one that put a smile on my face........Insurance!
Now, there are MANY more blessings that are wonderful from this, but I won't list them. I do, however, thank my Heavenly Father for them all...over and over again. I'm still in shock of it all.
4 comments:
Yikes Kirstin!
What a blessing that you guys aren't living there anymore, but I can't imagine the mixed emotions you are feeling because it was your home for so long. I'm glad everyone is okay.
WHOA!!! Insurance is a very good thing...I'm sooo sorry, yet kind of excited at the prospect that the remodeling may make your home even more marketable for house hunters.
At first, when I saw the pics (before reading the post), I thought it was the new house. I almost threw up. I makes my heart happy that you get to go home to your cozy, fabulous home after dealing with the flood damage. I'll raise a mug of hot cocoa to that!
I love the way you look at life! I need you as my free personal monday night life coach again. I hope you had a great Christmas anyway! Will I ever stop missing you?:)
Okay, that's it... I am taking your kids for an afternoon so you can update your blog! You're killing me! I did see you had some new pics on facebook, so I guess that will have to do for now. :)
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