Still not much of a fan of owning a house...

Our insurance adjuster didn't get back to the mold cleaner up people until Thursday and at that point the soonest they could come clean up the mold was Wednesday. I call and talked to him...explaining it was making me sick and such, so he called and got them to come seal up the mold and moved the clean up day to Tuesday! On Friday after the came and sealed up, we were told we could turn on the heat. Well... the heater didn't come on when Brent tried. We were thinking it was just the pilot that was out, so we asked Pat to come out and light the pilot for us. He tried, but something else was wrong too. So another guy from church, Ed, came out yesterday and fixed it; luckily it was something REALLY simple!
My mom and Mike bought us fans for our bedroom and the extra bedroom. Mike was going to take care of everything with putting them up when they come out for Thanksgiving. But we the stuff in that has to be done in the attic should be done before we spray all of the insulation in the attic. So our friend Brian (something else from church) said he could do the stuff that needs to be done in the attic for us. He came out yesterday just to check it out and see what he needed. When he came out of the attic he said "your house is a death trap". Apparently there are all sorts of exposed wires in our attic thanks to our little friend the squirrel (we've already solved the problem of keeping him out). So Brian and Brent went to Home Depot and bought the supplies needed and Brian is coming back over in a little bit today to rewire stuff in our attic and get the stuff set up for the fans.
As for the kitchen, we are still waiting on our final estimates...but there is some good new with that situation. On Tuesday night during my women's bible study while we were praying about our house, someone texted me and said they were going to help us pay for it!
Even though all of the things with our house are frustrating, it has been cool to watch God provide for us :)

I don't want to be a homeowner anymore...

The good news...
Our roof is all fixed!! The bathroom needs very minimal work done to it!! :)


The bad news....
Our kitchen is way worse than anyone thought....and the insurance isn't going to pay for all of it. The water rotted out a bunch of the wood that supports the walls and the ceiling/bathroom floor. According to the insurance, these pre-date our policy, so they will not be covered. The insurance is going to cover the dry wall.... and some other stuff. But this going to cost more than originally thought....




Can you find the mold??
Notice the green/white in the top left of this picture... that's mold... And near it are the rotted beams the insurance won't pay for...

We're supposed to be getting the extra pricing in such tomorrow.... but we do have the option of re-do a little more of the kitchen than needed to give us some more cabinet space and a better dishwasher (ours will need to be replaced soonish and the kitchen has to be re-done for that because we can't put a new dishwasher where the current on is). So, we'll see what the final pricing is. Guessing we are just going to end up doing what has to be done now because we really can't even afford that.... unless anyone wants to give us an earlier Christmas present :)



Health wise... I am feeling better. I am on some meds now that should be helping things stay better :)

13 hours in the ER = not much fun

Yesterday at work I all of a sudden has this horrible pain in my side. I just kinda dealt with it for a bit, but it didn't go away and kept hurting worse. So I went to the doctor. She thought it was something with my ovary and sent me to the emergency room. We got to the ER about 4:30. They first checked out my ovaries with an ultrasound and found some cysts on them but didn't think that's what was causing my pain. They then checked out my kidneys with another ultrasound, and they were fine. Then they did a abd CT and came back saying that I had three blood clots. They gave me blood thinners and then did some vascular ultrasounds and were planning on admitting me for more tests. Those ultrasounds didn't show any clots, just some weird blood flow. At this point we were just waiting and waiting. The doctors were all talking about me. Apparently it was a resident radiologist that read my CT the first time and read it wrong. They then said that I just had some weird blood flow...along with elevated liver functions and the cysts on my ovaries. So they sent me home at 5:30 this morning. The blood thinners did make the plan go away for the most part...and I feel okay today. My hand/arms hurt from needles....but other than that I'm good. I go back to the doctor on Tuesday to follow up and see if any sense can be made from all of the tests and labs and such.

So now, I'm just hanging out doing nothing. Tonight is Men's Game Night at church and all of the wives are invited tonight, so we are going to that. And tomorrow is Modesty's baby shower.