A house update

It is truly hard to believe that tomorrow will be 2 months since a fire destroyed our home.  The fire ran the roof life of our house so that all the ceilings had to be removed to be able to stop the fire.  A lot of the damage was due to water, soot, smoke, debris and of course the fire itself.  Here are some pictures that I have taken over the last 2 months.

Here is a photo from the first day after they tarped our house.  As you can see the car didn't make it.



This is after the new carport and side wall was built.



This is as the new siding was going up.  The siding is now finished.



As progress is being made we are still trying to understand all of this.  I haven't been on here much as I try to deal with my emotions over the fire.  I am going to try to get on here more. 

Getting by 5 minutes at a time

I can't believe that tomorrow will be 5 weeks from the fire.  We have truly been getting by 5 minutes at a time so it is hard to fathom that much time has gone by.

Once the fire was under control one of the firefighters brought out our cameras.  They happened to be in the kitchen since I had used mine earlier in the day.  My camera was wrapped in a Domke Protective Wrap and it saved my camera.  The wrap was wet, smelly and filthy but when I took my camera out of the wrap it had some water but had it not been wrapped it would have been ruined from all the water and debris the kitchen table received.  I brought my camera to our local Nikon certified service center and they removed the moisture that did get in.  Thank you Strauss Photo-Tech!!  If you don't have a wrap for your camera I highly recommend it!  Sometimes I just want to put my camera in a tote bag and go and I always wrap it before I do and Domke wraps are fantastic for this, they cushion your camera and keep it safe.  My husband's camera wasn't wrapped and his camera smells horribly of smoke.  We are now seeing if the company that is working on our electronics can get out the smell and if not then he will be buying a new camera.   I got my camera back last Saturday and I have taken some pictures of the progress going on at the house that I will be sharing soon.  Here is the picture that I took when the fireman handed me my camera not my best but pretty good for a camera with some water in it.  If you look in the window to the left of the front door you can see there was still some flames in the house. 






**I am not affiliated with Domke in anyway I just wanted to let you know of my experience.  I believe in promoting good products and this one is fantastic!

The Fire

This blog post is the hardest I have ever had to write.  Two weeks ago my husband's and my life was changed forever.  We lost our cat, car and house to fire.  It happened in the early hours of Sunday July 24th.  The article in the local paper can explain it better than I and it also has a picture of our house in flames so I am linking it here.

The emotional roller coaster that has been the last two weeks can't even be put into words.  We are trying to start over again but it is very hard to figure out what to do first, second, etc.  I ask for your thoughts, prayers, and support as we go through this crisis and start to rebuild our lives.