Facebook Update #10

We are settling into the rental house pretty well. It is nice to have a place to call our own for the time being and it is great for everyone to have some space. We have had a few hiccups but nothing too bad. The landlord is sending someone over tomorrow to fix a few things and we are still waiting on a dryer as they can't hook up the gas one. We will get an electric one on Tuesday (luckily there is a Laundromat about 500 yards from the house). We spent the day again yesterday at the house and we completely cleaned out the basement with the help of Servpro. We filled an entire 30 foot monstrous dumpster, but it is done. The amount of water in things and the amount of mold that was starting to grow was incredible. We salvaged a few tools, but otherwise the rest was just a matter of hauling it to the dumpster. I went into the house where the kids piggy banks were and dug through the rubble to see if I could find some of the change knowing that it wouldn't have burned. I was able to find about $20 worth of change (only about 1/4 of what was probably in the banks, but it was something.) Our next daunting task is itemizing. We found out yesterday that we have to itemize the upstairs. I can't even begin to think about how long the list is going to be. Never mind trying to remember everything that was in the house. Our insurance adjuster has been great and he has given us some ideas to help (first was to get a bottle of wine!) and he is also willing to help us do it. Bedtime with the boys is getting much easier though we so miss having our wonderful rocking chair. Drew has been sleeping all night without a problem and Jack is back to only one wake up which is his normal. We still have trouble getting a good night's sleep as there is just so much racing through our brains. It is nice to have our cat Gus back with us and he was spoiled rotten by my brother for the last two weeks! He is prancing all over the place as we speak and making himself right at home. The boys are very excited to have him back and they have been chasing him all over. We go back to work on Monday but only have to work for 2 days and then have the rest of the week off for Thanksgiving. A little bit of normalcy is beginning to reenter our lives. We are plugging along and continuing our motto of baby steps. I don't know how many times a day I think or say, "We'll get there..." We will, eventually, it just might take longer than we would like!