I've Got Windows.... and Walls Too!!!
Most people don't go around bragging that their house has walls and windows but I'm going to. Every step of rebuilding after a disaster seems so painfully slow. Even the smallest step forward seems like a huge victory. The replacing of damaged wall boards, the starting of the wrap around the house, and most of all the addition of windows (all happened yesterday) feels like the first victory in conquering the monster that destroyed our home last June.
There have been many steps in getting to this point. Watching the flood waters recede, removing most everything we owned from the flood ravaged house and placing it on the curb and then removing much of the structure of the home and also placing it out on the curb to be taken to the landfill.
Then there was the "mucking out" which really means removing the mud, the dead creatures that inhabited the river when they were alive, and anything else the river deposited in our home. Next was sanitizing the home so no harmful mold or bacteria would be living in the walls before starting re-construction.
Yesterday was a BIG victory. Now, with the last two mornings starting in the 30 degree range, it's wonderful to see some progress. There is a long way to go: siding, insulation, sheet rock, electricity, heating, plumbing, landscaping, and on and on. We are now hoping to move back in July 2012. We hope the Corp of Engineers doesn't destroy 10,000 homes again next year.
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