Ike

Well Ike has come and gone and he gave us a big punch. We got power on last night at about 8:00 pm. We have been making it just fine. We were up all night of the storm. Thankfully, our kids slept through everything. Round one went fine, except our shed broke. So we went out during the eye of the storm and picked everything up. Two of our boards on our windows had also fallen off so we put them back up. Our neighbors were there with us in the rain fixing it all. Then came the back side of the storm. It was on the opposite side of our house. We could hear the shingles flying off of our roof. Then the water started pouring into our kitchen. We poked holes in the ceiling and put buckets down. We woke up to fences down....



Our trampoline was crunched by IKE!

Tim and the neighbors put a tarp on our roof to cover the roof up at 8:00 am Saturday morning. Then my first round of cleaning began.

The ceiling in the kitchen didn't hold, it fell in. Unfortunately for me, it fell in on my head. I am ok, but that meant another round of cleaning in the kitchen. Then the rest of it caved in. I was knee deep in sheet rock and insulation. Once again we cleaned the kitchen.

Sunday was Kayla's Birthday and I was so busy with cleaning I forgot to tell her happy birthday. I made her some brownies on Sunday evening and we all sang to her.

All in all we have been fortunate. We do have damage to our house and that is going to be a tough road ahead. However, we have had a generator the whole time and we brought our camper home and have been sleeping with air conditioner each night. We have been running extension cords for the neighbors to plug in their refrigerators. We have been getting together with all of the neighbors in our cul-de-sac for the meals. As of now, we have eaten nine meals as a group. We are so thankful for everyones help. Our neighbors have been helping us through this the entire time.

Today Tim put plastic up inside the kitchen, so hopefully I will not have to sweep and wash down the counters again today. I just found out that I have to go to work tomorrow at noon. I had been thinking that I would have to all day today, but now that I know for sure I am sad. I am not ready to go back. I still have so much to do here at home, but I know it will all get done.

Talk to you all soon and I hope everyone is safe!