So..it's been a while...

Sorry I haven't updated in over a month.

Updates on our house:

• Our attic is all re-wire and Brian set up everything for our ceiling fans (they will be here next week). We also blew in 18 inches of cellulose insulation in the attic.
• We have our new dishwasher; it is sitting in the dinning room.
  
• The kitchen is still all torn up. Our cabinet came in yesterday, but our contractor can not come finish the kitchen until after Thanksgiving.
• Once the cabinets are in/dishwasher is in/stove moved/walls are put back up, we will then have to order the counter tops (Hopefully they won't take as long as the cabinets)
• We got an area rug for the living room!
• We have an extra bed now for a couple months... so if you're going to visit, hurry up and visit if you don't want to sleep on an air mattress :)
  

We went to Michigan the weekend of Halloween. We saw lots of family and ate lots of birthday cake. On Saturday night we were able to hang out with Jenny and David for Trunk'or'Treat. On Sunday Brent preached at Calvary. It was a good trip home, but it did not last long enough.

My mom, Mike, and Kara are coming out next week for Thanksgiving. They will be here Wednesday though Sunday I believe. We are looking forward to spending some time with them :)

Church stuff is going well. Last Sunday we had 9 teens in both Sunday School and Sunday night. We are having a bonfire and movie event tonight. Our bonfire is going to be massive (it's a whole shed). It sounds like we are going to have a lot of teens there. In March we are going to winter camp in PA (a different one than were we went last year). Brent's hopes are to take 20 teens with us.... my hope to is to not be on crutches this year for winter camp (last year it was 2 days after I tore everything in my ankle).

Our good friends Ryan and Modesty will become parents by Monday. Modesty was due yesterday and they are planning on inducing her on Monday.

For Christmas we will only be home for about a day and a half. I now have to work Christmas Eve until 2:00 or so. We will leave after I get home from work to drive to Michigan. As of right now, we are planning on staying until Saturday afternoon so we can be back for church on Sunday.

I think that's a brief overview of everything going on. I'll try to update again soon.

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 :)