Just to let you know that we have not dropped off the face of the earth or gone inactive! The 3 of us are in Nebraska overseeing the repairs to our home west of Chadron that was inundated with water when a pipe fitting let loose back on March 20th, flooding our crawl space with 5 feet of water, flooding out into our yard, and of course flooding the house itself. What a mess!. Now that it is all dried out after 2 1/2 weeks of work by Servicemaster, we have hired a contractor and repair work begins officially tomorrow, April 16. It will take about 3 weeks to do the work...foundation repair, wall and ceiling repair/painting, all new floor coverings and much more. We are doing our schoolwork here, and keeping track of what is going on with our home at the same time, living at Motel 6 in Chadron (actually this one is a really nice hotel with an indoor pool...great for the kids). London is attending early morning seminary (we are two blocks from the church), and we are attending the Chadron Branch. Chase and London are active at YMYW and Scouts as well. We miss our 5th ward, and when the work is done we will be back. John is holding down the fort in Casper, taking care of all our indoor kitties and working at TSA, attending some meetings in Chase's place (like for Northern Tier). We may be back for an interim visit (we have already been here since Sat. Apr. 7th, and were here for a week the end of March, too) for a day or two, and John may come here for a weekend as well.
The happy news? (maybe for RS happy news time) We will end up with a largely new home (on the inside, anyway!) for just our deductible, plus a lot of time, hassle, and some stress (which comes with remodeling anyway!). That's the silver lining of the cloud!
Thanks!
Carol Broome
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