Ok... Seriously...
April we have had a tornado, which damaged our house... and that damage is JUST NOW getting fixed finally.
And in the recent weeks we have experienced an Earthquake... A Hurricane... and now THIS Tropical Storm crap!!!
Only the second week of school and the kids were sent home at 9:30 due to MAJOR flooding...which I will post pics in a bit. I am surprised our house isnt floating away! We had water coming in our back door... right into my NEW shop, where the guys were working on drywall. Our basement is FLOODED! Our Driveway... FLOODED! A tree came down on the neighbors garage. Roads are closed all over... the creek is the highest I have ever seen it... obviously flooded over its banks. The houses down the road have the creek all the way up the their back doors!!! Charlie (85+ yr old neighbor) said his rain guage is reading 9 inches of rain since last nite!!!
Stacy was out on the tractor trying to divert water away from our house... and clearing all of the storm drains on our road... and helping Charlie move stones off the road. ALL in the POURING rain!!
The bad thing... it is still raining!! And we havent seen the worst of the flooding yet!
We went out to take a look around. Loyalton is flooded. TONS of creeks and streams are flowing over the roads.... and some even through ppls houses!
It is bad. And I fear it will get worse before it gets better!
We also called and checked in with my grandparents and Mom... and Stacy's grandparents... while we were out and about, to make sure everyone had everything they needed and any flood issues under control.
The past few days have been filled with work getting done at our house. The living room has a ceiling... and a new wall. They havent been able to take the nook off of the house... due to the weather. So we are at a stand still there. All of the drywall seams are taped and mudded... hoping that all dries over nite.
I graduated grooming school yesterday!!! I am really glad I didnt have to make that trip today... I wouldnt have made it!
Now I am completely focused on advertising... and getting my shop ready for my Sept 26th opening date!! I was hoping to get out and hang flyers today... I guess that will have to wait... maybe tomorrow! I ordered my signs... and business cards... and a couple of T-Shirts!! I am so very excited!!! I just hope I dont crumble under the stress of the weather, damage, and everything else that is going on!!!
I HAVE been keeping the guys that are here working VERY well fed!!! Monday they had hot dogs/hamburgers and a bunch of sides. Yesterday I had BBQ pulled pork in the crock pot for them and a bunch of sides. Today I had meatballs in the crockpot and a bunch of sides. Tomorrow I will have beef BBQ.... and Friday it will be left over day!
I know we are paying them... and I dont really need to cook for them. BUT, I am so thankful they are here getting our house back together!!! It is the least I can do! Plus, they are our friends... and I just appreciate how awesome they are! Derick has always come to help us when we have needed him to... he just great like that!! I hear that he wants to borrow Stacy and the tractor one of these days... and I think it will be GREAT to finally be able to repay the favors of him always been here for us!
I am not real sure we will get our bedroom floor in this week... but I am ok with that. I know it WILL get done sometime real soon! So will the bathroom floor... especially now that they guys fixed all of the drywall! One step closer to having our house DONE! Our next focus will def be the root cellar and front porch. Since I am opening a business here... The last thing I want ppl to see is a huge hole in front of our house!
Ok... well... I must go get my kids moving on our bed time routine! And brown hamburger for BBQ tomorrow. Nathan is being super miserable today... he has been a real joy. NOT!!!
I hope everyone is staying dry!!
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