Video: 12/20/22: Day 82 since the flood: moving in
SOME things, but contractor ups & downs, and Christmas!
by JohnDec 20, 2022Holidays, Hurricane Ian
October 13 | 9am
by Ellen | October 13, 2022 | Family, Hurricane Ian | 0 Comments
9 am 10/ 13 biggest prayer and needs: That the contractors we called show up! So many neighbors have had no shows and this is just devastating! Really.. it’s hard already to get them to even make an appointment. Our van was totaled and we have one week of a rental...
October 13 | 3am
by John | October 13, 2022 | Family, Hurricane Ian | 0 Comments
Day 11 of recovery from Hurricane Ian flooding: THE FLIPPIN' FLOOR SCRAPIN' , FLOORBOARD PRYIN', FOREARM BUSTIN' FUN IS FINISHED! And now... to vacuum and spray bleach solution everywhere and get contractors to come ring up a total for us on the new construction to...
October 10 | 5pm
by Ellen | October 10, 2022 | Family, Hurricane Ian | 0 Comments
OCT 10 update 5pm- Day 9 of recovery.. I have a case of the mondays.. but not the normal tired mondays.. like I’m exhausted mondays! We skipped coop- mostly because my heart can’t handle the newness of new friends right now and I knew John wouldn’t be able to take...
October 9 | 1am: Scraping Floors and Eating S’mores
by Ellen | October 9, 2022 | Hurricane Ian, Uncategorized | 1 Comment
Day 8 of hurricane Ian flood recovery at our house: We had some amazing friends come and help us tear the majority of our kitchen apart down to the studs and then our buddy even found a floor scraping machine and rented it in Orlando and brought it up to do the...
October 8 | 10pm: Kindness and Casseroles and Crazy Makers
by Ellen | October 8, 2022 | Family, Hurricane Ian | 0 Comments
Flood Update sat 10 PM 10/8 recovery day 8 - All I can say is.. The kindness of friends carries me and Jesus enables me to extend that to others! It’s was a crazy day. Can I give a shout out today to the amazing counselors and friends that I’ve had that have sat with...
October 8 | 1pm: The Little Things that Get You
by Ellen | October 8, 2022 | Family, Hurricane Ian | 0 Comments
So it’s been a roller coaster.. I have so much to share. Today we didn’t have anyone working on our house.. so MM and I got to bring some neighbors pancakes and just listen! I got to knock on a family’s door and offer to replace some usborne books because a friend...
October 8 | 2am: Brain Flakes, Owls and Parking. Life in the Neighborhood.
by Ellen | October 8, 2022 | Family, Hurricane Ian | 0 Comments
Update 1:40AM sat Oct 8 It feels like life is a blur. Like I don’t really know what day it is until my kids ask! For those that know us, you know we homeschool now.. and so I’m realizing how grateful I am that we do all year so when something comes up for a week or 2...
October 5 | 10pm
by Ellen | October 5, 2022 | Hurricane Ian | 0 Comments
Here was a sweet message my friend Krystal Westbrook Minor wrote on my Facebook wall: I just can’t express my gratitude for these kids - so many hands working - doing such HARD things. Thankful for the adults coming along side them teaching and encouraging them. ...
October 5 | 3am
by Ellen | October 5, 2022 | Family, Hurricane Ian | 0 Comments
Update Wed 10/5- 3AM We had a good friend come to be with our kids today. Our kids had a good day! Painted nails, played games, snuggled a baby (ok a toddler).. It really does feel like a vacation when I enter my friend’s condo. We aren’t doing vacation things, but...
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