Saturday, September 6, 2008

Hurricane Update

Well it's official: Shane and I are definitely not tree people. After Katrina threw two trees from the empty lot next to our house into our roof, we cut down almost every tree in our yard. Well Gustav thought it would be funny to have our neighbor's tree fall on the other side of our roof. We were the only house in our entire neighborhood that had any damage...lucky us!

We are very fortunate in that most of the damage was to the roof and attic, and only minimal damage was done to the inside of our home. But it is still an aggravation (an expensive one at that) to remove the tree, put temporary patches on the several holes in our roof, clear out the wet items in the attic and wait for the insurance adjuster to come out before we can even line up a contractor to fix it. Yes, we have a strong dislike for trees!

Chase was pretty funny about the whole thing. As soon as we pulled up to the house and he saw the tree hanging over our roof, he said "What happened?" When I told him a tree fell down, Chase replied with "Uh Oh, that's bad". He's so cute!

I hope everyone made out safely from the hurricane and I really hope that Hurricane Ike goes away!

Thank you so much to Christy Bourg and her family for letting the three of us stay there for our evacuation. We really appreciate your hospitality!

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Gotta love Max & Ruby!

6 comments:

lenee said...

Michele, you guys have got to have the worst luck. By the way, how are you feeling?

Stephanie said...

I'm so sorry that happened. Are you able to get it fixed quickly? Let us know if you need anything. We got back yesterday and it feels so good to be home. I only got to be home one night before we evacuated. Call us when you want to come visit!

Adrienne said...

wow, sorry that happened, but i'm glad you all were safe. i hope ike goes away too!

Jennifer Walker said...

Jamie told me that you had a tree fall on your house and I said, "Didn't they cut down all their trees after Katrina?" Then she told me it was a neighbor's tree. That sucks.

By the way, I just bought the same tray and fleur de lis balls at Kirkland's a few days ago. And Jack loves Max and Ruby too.

steele family said...

That is bad luck! I am glad you all were safe.

Anonymous said...

What luck! I'm sure this helped your ulcer situation. Hope everything is patched up.

Rylie likes Max and Ruby too, but it's got to have the worst intro song: "Max and Ruby...Ruby and Max." Very hard to forget the words to that.