We have a large industrial sixes garbage bag of dirty clothes and Wendy took it and has been doing our laundry for us! And when we were at her house we just sat there...like...we arebreally in such a coma that we didn't even register that she is buzzing around doing OUR stuff....thanks sis!
And Shari in Heber has had her ways of helping out too! Some I am probably not even aware of but I am grateful to have sisters!
Love you guys! Well, girls!
Friday, December 30, 2011
Thursday dec 29
Well....here we go..... Got up early and drove to sun city, left my timesheet on my bosses desk and used the treadmill there. I did 5 miles! It took 50 minutes......but I did it! Man that sucked but felt so good too.....a little stop at walmart for a charger for my I pad and off to hotel to get ready for the day. Ins lady at 9am.....thank heavens for Tara! Yesterday I just gave her money and they walked across the street and got microwave meals. Today she can drive them to Wendy,s so they have a place to play.
Turns out that the ins lady is prob at least 10 years younger than me, from Gilbert Arizona, and very very nice. We went over our coverage and the legalities and walked thru the house....she wants even the tile and the sub floor of the second story to get yanked....you should of seen the guys face when she told him that....he did not want to pull up that floor. Later mynhouse was crawling with people and more destruction was in progress. Went over the "wet" container with her, pitched those couches in the dumpster a long withnhalf of my life. But moms armoire seems to be drying out and a furniture medic will come get it and the kitchen table, sand them down, and refinish them. The burgundy couch from mom.....service master can clean it up I hope.....we will see. Treadmill and anything electronic is a goner, along with the in wall ,speakers and kevens surround sound....he priced the in wall subwoofer out....called the company.....650 for that beasty! The list rolled on and on and we thought we were done. She walked around taking pictures and I made some phone calls. Then the hammer came down when the housing lady called and said we could not get into the rental until mon or tuesday! oh my gosh! So the ins. Lady said get another room and you guys can spread out more....I don't care how much it costs but your daughter shouldn't be sleeping in a coffee table. Called the hotel...sold out! Duh....ita new years weekend! Fine....I will spread kids out and give us some space. The list of items being claimed grew and grew and then the hotel called with a cancelation! Yay!
After an exhausting 4 hours with all that I went to Wendy's and saw my kids. Just hanging out ....sitting there like bumps on a log, won't eat, just watching t.v.....I have to get these kids out of here and do something fun. But wait, gotta run to walmart and burn all the Picts to a cd for the ins. Lady.....always something! I got pizza with the debit card the ins. Gave me and we hung out at Wendy's. Even got to have our puppy for a while. He,s gotten bigger! Such a stinker now and needs a bath. Can't wait till next week. Stopped by the house on our way to a friends house for dinner.....contractor #2 showed up giving the spill on how he knows how to handle the restoration.....the ins. Lady also brought a contractor with her. Didn't know I was going to have to pick.
Well whatever...Jim and Joann bun yea fed us an award winning chefs dinner of four inch meatballs, garlic lemon and capers chicken, brocilli, salad, and even skinny cow ,for dessert. Headed back to the house to take care of a few things, discuss some wild and crazy changes we would love to make and back to hot el for kids to watch t.v. While I go thru a huge stack of mail and bills. Oh those don't go away? Weird! Didn't get to bed till 10:30 which is super late for me. The final straw was yet another fight between talia and Kate and I know these walls are thin at this hotel so prob lucky that c.p.s. Wasn't called but let's just say....we didn't have family prayer last night!
I need to sit down with my husband...without any kids or other opinions around and talk about what to do.....if the tile in the kitchen is coming out.....that changes everything! Now......I start from scratch just like I am building a new home.......help I need a designer!
Oh and by the way....our dude that is gutting the house "Ryan" was kind enuf to tell us that our tubing that goes from the water mana block throughout the house was recalled like ten years ago. It would be very stupid if we didn't replace it all wile the home was bare bones. Oh and that will be about two grand out of pocket. Sweet holy goodness.....I have a sneaky suspicion that it ain't over yet.....start me a tab at the bar boys! Well....the home depot anyway.....
Turns out that the ins lady is prob at least 10 years younger than me, from Gilbert Arizona, and very very nice. We went over our coverage and the legalities and walked thru the house....she wants even the tile and the sub floor of the second story to get yanked....you should of seen the guys face when she told him that....he did not want to pull up that floor. Later mynhouse was crawling with people and more destruction was in progress. Went over the "wet" container with her, pitched those couches in the dumpster a long withnhalf of my life. But moms armoire seems to be drying out and a furniture medic will come get it and the kitchen table, sand them down, and refinish them. The burgundy couch from mom.....service master can clean it up I hope.....we will see. Treadmill and anything electronic is a goner, along with the in wall ,speakers and kevens surround sound....he priced the in wall subwoofer out....called the company.....650 for that beasty! The list rolled on and on and we thought we were done. She walked around taking pictures and I made some phone calls. Then the hammer came down when the housing lady called and said we could not get into the rental until mon or tuesday! oh my gosh! So the ins. Lady said get another room and you guys can spread out more....I don't care how much it costs but your daughter shouldn't be sleeping in a coffee table. Called the hotel...sold out! Duh....ita new years weekend! Fine....I will spread kids out and give us some space. The list of items being claimed grew and grew and then the hotel called with a cancelation! Yay!
After an exhausting 4 hours with all that I went to Wendy's and saw my kids. Just hanging out ....sitting there like bumps on a log, won't eat, just watching t.v.....I have to get these kids out of here and do something fun. But wait, gotta run to walmart and burn all the Picts to a cd for the ins. Lady.....always something! I got pizza with the debit card the ins. Gave me and we hung out at Wendy's. Even got to have our puppy for a while. He,s gotten bigger! Such a stinker now and needs a bath. Can't wait till next week. Stopped by the house on our way to a friends house for dinner.....contractor #2 showed up giving the spill on how he knows how to handle the restoration.....the ins. Lady also brought a contractor with her. Didn't know I was going to have to pick.
Well whatever...Jim and Joann bun yea fed us an award winning chefs dinner of four inch meatballs, garlic lemon and capers chicken, brocilli, salad, and even skinny cow ,for dessert. Headed back to the house to take care of a few things, discuss some wild and crazy changes we would love to make and back to hot el for kids to watch t.v. While I go thru a huge stack of mail and bills. Oh those don't go away? Weird! Didn't get to bed till 10:30 which is super late for me. The final straw was yet another fight between talia and Kate and I know these walls are thin at this hotel so prob lucky that c.p.s. Wasn't called but let's just say....we didn't have family prayer last night!
I need to sit down with my husband...without any kids or other opinions around and talk about what to do.....if the tile in the kitchen is coming out.....that changes everything! Now......I start from scratch just like I am building a new home.......help I need a designer!
Oh and by the way....our dude that is gutting the house "Ryan" was kind enuf to tell us that our tubing that goes from the water mana block throughout the house was recalled like ten years ago. It would be very stupid if we didn't replace it all wile the home was bare bones. Oh and that will be about two grand out of pocket. Sweet holy goodness.....I have a sneaky suspicion that it ain't over yet.....start me a tab at the bar boys! Well....the home depot anyway.....
Life....day 1
Wed. Dec 28th....I was nervous today to go back to work. Haven't taught for a while and didn't know if I still had it and I would be seeing all my ladies at sun city and dealing with all the emotions involved with explaining what happened...etc. I don't know if you saw tangled with rapuntzel but all the emotions she went thru when she left her house was basically the kind of day I had. I got a whopper of a swollen pimple on my face to prove that large amounts of cortisol are being produced and released into my blood stream. (I am typing this on my I pad so it is a mess)
It has been a week since the flood and I think instead of naming my blogs flood day 1....etc. I am accepting that this is my life now and the worst is behind me. So now it is just dated so I know what happened and when. I can't believe it is the last week of2011. The lastvweek of my kids Christmas break....bummer for them! They seem to be dealing with things ok. More of just not saying anything because they know we are going thru a lot. Kate frequently returns to hr baby stage....talia has started bullying Kate....Tara is trying to be patient with them but I know deep down she is saying....I'm so out of here soon! Taner,s motto of never try never fail is now his dream come true, Jordan should be home soon....help! In 2012 Tara leaves us, taner gets his license, talia is in young women's, and Kate will be a year from baptism. Wow.....what a perfect time for a over haul on the house.
My rapunzel day started with me waking and getting ready in the hotel room and trying not to wake anyone up since we are all inn the same big room basically. Where is the coffee table? I put all my stuff I needed on the coffee table..... Then I found it....apparently no one will sleep with Kate...they put the two chairs together with the coffee table in between and made a bed for Kate. I love my kids but we have been together since Christmas break started and I would love to have my own space, and some privacy, and a bed for my daughter....oh
well......it's an adventure. I went around the hotel room and cleaned up, started a garbage pile, picked up dirty clothes, cleaned the table off,
ya know basic stuff. I was determinee this was going to be a good day and I was happy. I was in a good mood and felt great. I stopped by
the house to make sure the doors were open, ofncourse why would we lock it, everything of value is out on the patio.
I meet with the ins. Adjuster tomorrow....the house is gutted....I just wanna know what all this is going to cost me. I want to move forward and be excited to pick things and have a better idea of what I have lost. After a few moments at the house I'm off to work. I went like an
hour early because I don't have a computer right now and I need to submit my time....handwritten or whatever.....everyone was so nice!
Asking what I need and what happened and ya know what? It was fine....I didn't totally crumble and when class started I just got right back
in the groove and started doing the dances and it all came back. Great day! And I needed it....I needed the workout, the friendship and love,
and the confidence to know I hadn't lost my physical fitness completely. I have gained at least 10 pounds with not running and eating lots of
comfort food but I am starting to run again and teaching classes again will help. I figure...the new year will be my starting point.
After work the smile was turned upside down when I learned that the people in the rental home we are waiting for, still hadn't signed their docs to move into their home so they can get out of the rental.....Grrrrrr. I will be in the hotel through new years weekend if don't hurry up!
Had a heated and emotional conversation with wendy about all that has happened this last week. It's not worth even typing here but it did
get me to really letbgo of some welled up tears after we hung up.
Well no time for misery and woe....taner,s retainer is packed away somewhere in that storage pod and I'm not about to let 4 thousand dollars worth of dental work go to waste so off to st George to the ortho for a molding of the teeth for a new retainer.....might as well make it worth my while and check out some furniture. If you have ever been to the boulevard home furnishings they have a really fun showroom. Even an eatery...it's like a mall of rooms and furniture. We sat on every couch in there...to bad we only liked the really expensive ones. Well off to the back of the showroom for the clearance stuff. Some pretty good deals in there. I had all thebkids with me and just let them jump on the mattresses and do wgphatever theybwanted. It was quite fun. Took a bunch of pictures...talked to a few people and off we went....got an ice cream and headed home.
Stopped back by the house....wow...feels like a shell, feels small and totally different. Young womens p.j. Party tonight....where are my p.j.s? Oh well....borrowed Tara,s and all 3 of us girls got to go together this time! Kind of a fun and relaxing night......needed that.
Later I went thru every flood picture and the pictures of each room and made a detailed list of everything to talk to the adjustor about tomorrow, not exactly my idea of taking a trip down memory lane....I can't believe how much stuff is just gone. It's gonna be interesting tomorrow.....went to bed early (9) with plans to make sure I got in a run in the morning so I could be more mentally prepared for the day.
Oh and at young women's one of the leaders had her baby there. This baby was born with something wrong with her heart....had to be life flighted just minutes after birth, open heart surgery, all that time and months in the hospital without her momma and 3 other little siblings, and the mom.....wow....all that she went thru, her baby gets whisked away from her right after birth and she,s told she might not live, all the months of traveling to salt lake, the worry, and trying to either deal with the other 3 little ones or having people constantly watch them, and nursing? Forget that. Her baby has oxygen tubes taped to her face and has to keep them there for a long long time, and the mom has to take the baby everywhere and constantly watch her and worry......so I'm counting my blessings tonight and grateful for my flood.
It has been a week since the flood and I think instead of naming my blogs flood day 1....etc. I am accepting that this is my life now and the worst is behind me. So now it is just dated so I know what happened and when. I can't believe it is the last week of2011. The lastvweek of my kids Christmas break....bummer for them! They seem to be dealing with things ok. More of just not saying anything because they know we are going thru a lot. Kate frequently returns to hr baby stage....talia has started bullying Kate....Tara is trying to be patient with them but I know deep down she is saying....I'm so out of here soon! Taner,s motto of never try never fail is now his dream come true, Jordan should be home soon....help! In 2012 Tara leaves us, taner gets his license, talia is in young women's, and Kate will be a year from baptism. Wow.....what a perfect time for a over haul on the house.
My rapunzel day started with me waking and getting ready in the hotel room and trying not to wake anyone up since we are all inn the same big room basically. Where is the coffee table? I put all my stuff I needed on the coffee table..... Then I found it....apparently no one will sleep with Kate...they put the two chairs together with the coffee table in between and made a bed for Kate. I love my kids but we have been together since Christmas break started and I would love to have my own space, and some privacy, and a bed for my daughter....oh
well......it's an adventure. I went around the hotel room and cleaned up, started a garbage pile, picked up dirty clothes, cleaned the table off,
ya know basic stuff. I was determinee this was going to be a good day and I was happy. I was in a good mood and felt great. I stopped by
the house to make sure the doors were open, ofncourse why would we lock it, everything of value is out on the patio.
I meet with the ins. Adjuster tomorrow....the house is gutted....I just wanna know what all this is going to cost me. I want to move forward and be excited to pick things and have a better idea of what I have lost. After a few moments at the house I'm off to work. I went like an
hour early because I don't have a computer right now and I need to submit my time....handwritten or whatever.....everyone was so nice!
Asking what I need and what happened and ya know what? It was fine....I didn't totally crumble and when class started I just got right back
in the groove and started doing the dances and it all came back. Great day! And I needed it....I needed the workout, the friendship and love,
and the confidence to know I hadn't lost my physical fitness completely. I have gained at least 10 pounds with not running and eating lots of
comfort food but I am starting to run again and teaching classes again will help. I figure...the new year will be my starting point.
After work the smile was turned upside down when I learned that the people in the rental home we are waiting for, still hadn't signed their docs to move into their home so they can get out of the rental.....Grrrrrr. I will be in the hotel through new years weekend if don't hurry up!
Had a heated and emotional conversation with wendy about all that has happened this last week. It's not worth even typing here but it did
get me to really letbgo of some welled up tears after we hung up.
Well no time for misery and woe....taner,s retainer is packed away somewhere in that storage pod and I'm not about to let 4 thousand dollars worth of dental work go to waste so off to st George to the ortho for a molding of the teeth for a new retainer.....might as well make it worth my while and check out some furniture. If you have ever been to the boulevard home furnishings they have a really fun showroom. Even an eatery...it's like a mall of rooms and furniture. We sat on every couch in there...to bad we only liked the really expensive ones. Well off to the back of the showroom for the clearance stuff. Some pretty good deals in there. I had all thebkids with me and just let them jump on the mattresses and do wgphatever theybwanted. It was quite fun. Took a bunch of pictures...talked to a few people and off we went....got an ice cream and headed home.
Stopped back by the house....wow...feels like a shell, feels small and totally different. Young womens p.j. Party tonight....where are my p.j.s? Oh well....borrowed Tara,s and all 3 of us girls got to go together this time! Kind of a fun and relaxing night......needed that.
Later I went thru every flood picture and the pictures of each room and made a detailed list of everything to talk to the adjustor about tomorrow, not exactly my idea of taking a trip down memory lane....I can't believe how much stuff is just gone. It's gonna be interesting tomorrow.....went to bed early (9) with plans to make sure I got in a run in the morning so I could be more mentally prepared for the day.
Oh and at young women's one of the leaders had her baby there. This baby was born with something wrong with her heart....had to be life flighted just minutes after birth, open heart surgery, all that time and months in the hospital without her momma and 3 other little siblings, and the mom.....wow....all that she went thru, her baby gets whisked away from her right after birth and she,s told she might not live, all the months of traveling to salt lake, the worry, and trying to either deal with the other 3 little ones or having people constantly watch them, and nursing? Forget that. Her baby has oxygen tubes taped to her face and has to keep them there for a long long time, and the mom has to take the baby everywhere and constantly watch her and worry......so I'm counting my blessings tonight and grateful for my flood.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Flood - Day 8
Tuesday - December 27th
Must get a run in today, must, must, must. So off I went, well first i went to the house of course, one more load of laundry, then button up the washer, unlock the house for the crew, and leave a note as to my whereabouts, and well ya know.......its like when a woman says she is going to bed, 10 things get done on the way! And off I went!
I got 2 miles out and my phone wrang and it was the call I've been waiting for - HOUSING! So I had Tara come get me, maybe I got 3 miles in.....I doubt it. Went and saw two houses. One is empty and ready now, the other will be empty and ready in two more days. UGH! Of course we want the one that isnt ready yet, it has 4 bedrooms and a great back yard. The other only has 3 bedrooms and the whole back yard is a pool - no fence. Not gonna work with KAte. Sooooo - 3 more nights of hotel, we can do this......... off to the house.
Yep as I suspected, the gutting crew was there, turns out it is 5 tongan guys from the Pine View Football team. We walked in and started hauling sheet rock out to the dumpster, insulation, you name it. And they let us rip some walls down. We got all the ceilings pulled down and my kids started disappearing. I ordered pizza knowing that no matter how much I ordered it wouldnt be enough but I hadnt planned a budget for feeding workers so they got some bella pizza and were happy. I sent my kids off to get the puppy and I continued to make phone calls and ocassionally gut more of the house, or haul off a thing or two. We filled the huge diesel sized dumpster before lunch so as it got delivered again, we filled it up again. All cabinets out and all walls had to go. I got a bit emotional when I gutted the kitchen walls because I could hear the guys in the laundry room trying to get out the tile counter top that Keven and I had built, they were cussing that counter and I was like, HEY! We built that counter from scratch! But I just took it out on the wall, everything was so wet, it was easy to pull down.
Finally the sun went down and we couldnt work anymore! How do guys use hammers all day? My hands hurt all the way up my arms. Keven showed up and we discussed the possibilities and changes we would LIKE to make.... and then we headed to the hotel.
Dinner? Jack in the box and a hot shower!
Blessing of the day: Friends of mine from Sun City found me. They drove around in my neighborhood until they found the house with the big dumpster.....not cool. Anyway - they are making us dinner Thursday night and i am so excited. These guys are in charge of the fine dining club at Sun City so I cant wait! They could cook mac and cheese and make it taste gourmet at this point!
Im drawing a blank for a scripture today, maybe I;m just so tired I cant think. I'll try again tomorrow. May the giggling after the lights go out, be pleasant and minimal......nighty night
Must get a run in today, must, must, must. So off I went, well first i went to the house of course, one more load of laundry, then button up the washer, unlock the house for the crew, and leave a note as to my whereabouts, and well ya know.......its like when a woman says she is going to bed, 10 things get done on the way! And off I went!
I got 2 miles out and my phone wrang and it was the call I've been waiting for - HOUSING! So I had Tara come get me, maybe I got 3 miles in.....I doubt it. Went and saw two houses. One is empty and ready now, the other will be empty and ready in two more days. UGH! Of course we want the one that isnt ready yet, it has 4 bedrooms and a great back yard. The other only has 3 bedrooms and the whole back yard is a pool - no fence. Not gonna work with KAte. Sooooo - 3 more nights of hotel, we can do this......... off to the house.
Yep as I suspected, the gutting crew was there, turns out it is 5 tongan guys from the Pine View Football team. We walked in and started hauling sheet rock out to the dumpster, insulation, you name it. And they let us rip some walls down. We got all the ceilings pulled down and my kids started disappearing. I ordered pizza knowing that no matter how much I ordered it wouldnt be enough but I hadnt planned a budget for feeding workers so they got some bella pizza and were happy. I sent my kids off to get the puppy and I continued to make phone calls and ocassionally gut more of the house, or haul off a thing or two. We filled the huge diesel sized dumpster before lunch so as it got delivered again, we filled it up again. All cabinets out and all walls had to go. I got a bit emotional when I gutted the kitchen walls because I could hear the guys in the laundry room trying to get out the tile counter top that Keven and I had built, they were cussing that counter and I was like, HEY! We built that counter from scratch! But I just took it out on the wall, everything was so wet, it was easy to pull down.
Finally the sun went down and we couldnt work anymore! How do guys use hammers all day? My hands hurt all the way up my arms. Keven showed up and we discussed the possibilities and changes we would LIKE to make.... and then we headed to the hotel.
Dinner? Jack in the box and a hot shower!
Blessing of the day: Friends of mine from Sun City found me. They drove around in my neighborhood until they found the house with the big dumpster.....not cool. Anyway - they are making us dinner Thursday night and i am so excited. These guys are in charge of the fine dining club at Sun City so I cant wait! They could cook mac and cheese and make it taste gourmet at this point!
Im drawing a blank for a scripture today, maybe I;m just so tired I cant think. I'll try again tomorrow. May the giggling after the lights go out, be pleasant and minimal......nighty night
Flood DAy 7
Monday Allready? My how time flies. December 26th and its gonna be a great day......Keven is off but I had to work except i got a huge huge blessing....I went into work and they said they had canceled all my fitness classes until Wed. I hugged the lady at the desk and ran off to do all I needed to do.
First things first, I must contain all our stuff to one place. We have stayed at 6 different places in 6 days and I feel like we have stuff everywhere. I borrowed tons of large clear totes from a girlfriend and went to the last place we stayed, and began to contain the madness. The thing is when people do laundry for you, or you spend all day doing laundry.....that laundry has to go somewhere.....and without a dresser, or bedroom, or even a car at this point since all the cars are full already, where to put it all. Well it helped a ton to organize it into totes and move it into our travel trailer. Then we still have all the boxes that our friends packed for us that say "hotel" which is great except I didnt know about them so they have been wandering between Kevens truck and Cliff's house so by noon on Monday it was accomplished. The cars are packed to the gills, and Cliff's house is empty and clean. Now we are contained to one place, the hotel. Yay!
the house? Well Keven spent all day at the house clearing off the back patio....moving 4 wheelers, and fridge and all that stuff. When I got there we finished doing laundry and clearing the rest of the house to the travel trailer, tomorrow a crew shows up to gut thehouse. Exciting huh?
So awesome - 2nd blessing of the day - The Johnsons had us over for dinner and it was so awesome to sit in a chair, not have to cook, or clean up, eat, visit, and leave. Sloppy joes never tasted so good. After we got back to the hotel we hit the hot spa for a spell, watched a little t.v. and hit the hay!
Its really quite funny when you turn the lights out and you are all in the same room still, the kids were laughing at Kate's funny comments, and Taner was threatening her not to touch him while they were sleeping. She ended up sleeping with Tara and Talia instead.....poor thing. We did finally have to holler - BE QUIET! But it was fun to hear their voices with a close distance. They are all we have right now. They say that Death and Taxes are the only things you cant avoid but family is a pretty big one.
Missing my puppy, but so grateful that we are staying in our friends Hotel, she is taking great care of us.
Tomorrow will be another day! Like it or not.
Just a little thought 2 nephi 2:22 - Sometimes when you have it good , you have to fall, to know how good you have it...... I'm grasping for straws here........
First things first, I must contain all our stuff to one place. We have stayed at 6 different places in 6 days and I feel like we have stuff everywhere. I borrowed tons of large clear totes from a girlfriend and went to the last place we stayed, and began to contain the madness. The thing is when people do laundry for you, or you spend all day doing laundry.....that laundry has to go somewhere.....and without a dresser, or bedroom, or even a car at this point since all the cars are full already, where to put it all. Well it helped a ton to organize it into totes and move it into our travel trailer. Then we still have all the boxes that our friends packed for us that say "hotel" which is great except I didnt know about them so they have been wandering between Kevens truck and Cliff's house so by noon on Monday it was accomplished. The cars are packed to the gills, and Cliff's house is empty and clean. Now we are contained to one place, the hotel. Yay!
the house? Well Keven spent all day at the house clearing off the back patio....moving 4 wheelers, and fridge and all that stuff. When I got there we finished doing laundry and clearing the rest of the house to the travel trailer, tomorrow a crew shows up to gut thehouse. Exciting huh?
So awesome - 2nd blessing of the day - The Johnsons had us over for dinner and it was so awesome to sit in a chair, not have to cook, or clean up, eat, visit, and leave. Sloppy joes never tasted so good. After we got back to the hotel we hit the hot spa for a spell, watched a little t.v. and hit the hay!
Its really quite funny when you turn the lights out and you are all in the same room still, the kids were laughing at Kate's funny comments, and Taner was threatening her not to touch him while they were sleeping. She ended up sleeping with Tara and Talia instead.....poor thing. We did finally have to holler - BE QUIET! But it was fun to hear their voices with a close distance. They are all we have right now. They say that Death and Taxes are the only things you cant avoid but family is a pretty big one.
Missing my puppy, but so grateful that we are staying in our friends Hotel, she is taking great care of us.
Tomorrow will be another day! Like it or not.
Just a little thought 2 nephi 2:22 - Sometimes when you have it good , you have to fall, to know how good you have it...... I'm grasping for straws here........
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Flood Life - Day 6
Sunday - December 25th - MERRY CHRISTMAS!
It feels like we are celebrating all our birthdays at once like 3 months after our birthdays. I cant really describe it. Well, it turns out that even though we woke the kids up to get ready for church, they had already gotten up in the night to see what santa brought. So we ate our cold cereal and off to church we went. Tried really really hard not to fall asleep and thank heaven it was only sacramanet meeting but Kate crashed hard on my lap and I struggled, as did all of us. But we then came back to Tim and Sue;s and I crashed. They fed us a breakfast quiche and now everyone is napping. Mentioned the whole in the countertop to Keven, that was interesting. What was I expecting?
im spending time on the computer looking at countertop and cabinet combinations, really shoudl go lay down.....kids want to take puppy for a walk but that has to be supervised so I guess I will go do that.
I'll record more later, I'm sure its really dumb but I have to journal this all somehow so dont read it if you dont want to.
It feels like we are celebrating all our birthdays at once like 3 months after our birthdays. I cant really describe it. Well, it turns out that even though we woke the kids up to get ready for church, they had already gotten up in the night to see what santa brought. So we ate our cold cereal and off to church we went. Tried really really hard not to fall asleep and thank heaven it was only sacramanet meeting but Kate crashed hard on my lap and I struggled, as did all of us. But we then came back to Tim and Sue;s and I crashed. They fed us a breakfast quiche and now everyone is napping. Mentioned the whole in the countertop to Keven, that was interesting. What was I expecting?
im spending time on the computer looking at countertop and cabinet combinations, really shoudl go lay down.....kids want to take puppy for a walk but that has to be supervised so I guess I will go do that.
I'll record more later, I'm sure its really dumb but I have to journal this all somehow so dont read it if you dont want to.
Flood - Day 5
Saturday - December 24th - Merry Christmas Eve!
(disclosure statement:please remember when reading this, all that I am going through, and the fact that genetically I am suppose to medicate and dont, running is my medication and that has not been happening)
Well it doesnt feel like Christmas, I cant find anything when I need it, I have spent more on food in the past 5 days than I should in a month.....And that is WITH the ward members providing a couple dinners, my couch is the drivers seat of my car, my kids think we are still on vacation, I am more tired and sore than if I not only ran a marathon, but as if I had done a full Ironman Triathalon, my husband and I agree on nothing, and I broke down when someone asked me what my address was.
But anyway - today is gonna be a great day! I woke up after sleeping like a baby and decided the best gift I could give myself was a run! I gathered my shoes, jackets, and what running gear I could locate and I headed out. I ran to Walmart because of course I have to get two birds with one stone, and had my daughter meet me there. Only about 4 miles but finally at the end of the 4 miles I started to feel like me again. Maybe that 1/2 marathon that I signed up for is still possible? I did some last minute christmas shopping which consisted of 2 things and then spent over $200 on things that we needed that got packed away, like, toilet paper, body wash, salad, razor for my legs, hair stuff, and some girly basics.....$200??? Really?? Its so much funner to shop when you dont NEEED stuff.
Well, due to timing, I had to ride home with my daughter instead of jog home but oh well, that will have to do. We got back to the house we were staying at and oh boy, what a mess. I had to start cracking the whip getting everyone to pick up their beds, and their messes. Thank you to Heather Walters for bringing that spaghetti the night before, there was enough for lunch today, saves me about $30 to $40 each meal! We had a family discussion on how to spend Christmas Eve. My brother Tim and his family in St. George had taken all of our Christmas gifts and wrapped them, stuffed our stockings for us, and planned a late birthday party for Talia so we had to go to St. George. If we stay overnight with them, we can keep our cute little yorkie puppy with us.....if we come home tonight and have Christmas Eve here in this house, we get to be together just our family but we dont get to have our puppy with us. We opted to be spoiled by my brother and his awesome wife Sue and their 5 great kids! They made a list of the things we had, wrapped them and numbered them and stuffed our stockings with our favorite things! What a blessing! We got to their house in St. George about 3pm and had Talia's bday party, then we ran to have a little dinner party with Keven's family, very fun. Then we came back to Tim's and both families watch The Grinch while Kev and I figured out how we wanted to do things.....Well, fought about how to do things......thanks for turning the t.v. up loud, sue! We all slept together in one room (made it kinda hard to sneak around but we managed). And really it was so nice to have a nice simple Christmas, the basic p.j.s and one gift. Stuffed stockings and cold cereal. So nice.
Im finding that its not hard to fall asleep, the problem is staying asleep, and if I wake, getting my brain to shut off with all that is going on. Where is this, what about Monday, what happend to kates books, where are the back packs, I really need to get the dirty clothes out of my car, will I ever get a warm bath again? I wonder if I can have one of those cool wholes in the counter top to throw garbage in?
And then there is the marriage part. Isnt this where the man just looks at the woman with the look that says, "I love you and I know we are going thru a lot, just pick whatever you want for the kitchen and carpet....." because really, does it matter? But no! Every time I say one little thing about what I want, he is like, No, we're not doing that. And he fights with me! I cant even beleive it! Like I want purple paint or something! I mean I asked about moving the kitchen sink.......just a question, i mean we have talked about some of the things int he house that we dont like and I just thought this would be a good time to consider how to make that happen, and he just got beligerant like I was asking for the moon........Well ya know what, some guys would be offering the moon after all of this! Dork! I know there is a lot more to moving the kitchen sink than I even realize but communication bucko! Not just flat out jerk mode........I swear Im gonna need medication to save our marriage not our house!
Okay on the other hand, I have to take into account that he has been very understanding with everything else. We are both very very tired, and stressed and are living out of our cars, and worried about the effects of this, as well as the out come. Its Christmas time and basically we are hating life, so, all that included, I guess I could realize that their will be a few fights. I love you honey but trust me, just let me pick the cabinets, counters, and flooring I want........you dont have to stand in the kitchen all day. And I'm sure he is thinking, oh my gosh, she is picking carpet and cabinets already! They havent even gutted the house yet! But really, what else can I do? I know that if I do my homework now, and research all I can about colors and combinations that I will be better able to make a decision later.....besides, what does it hurt to let me talk about it and think about it, we all have a different way of processing things and thinking abou the next step is what is getting me through all this....... patience.......I gotta have patience. Something my mother did not pass down to me.
Merry Christmas Eve!
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