The gutting is just about complete.

I am spending the evening lazy on the couch. It has been a long 20 days. Today we got majority of the sub flooring out. Mr. Baxter from my school and two guys from his church came out in the morning along with my dad and brother, Casey. They removed the sub flooring in 3 bedrooms and the living/dining room. Mom grilled burgers on our charcoal grill donated to us from LifeChurch.tv. After lunch Baxter and his guys left and the Raglands showed up. Bryce is one of my students and he came with his parents, Jill and Danny, and his brother, Brandon. The guys helped finish the sub flooring and Jill helped me pick up glass in the yard. Bryce continued to help my dad in the house. At one point I looked in on them and all I could see was Bryce from waste up. He decided it was easier to work standing in the crawl space. Casey, Brandon, and Danny moved the temporary gate back to its original spot so the horses have more room. The horses are healing and now can get in the barn. They are doing wonderful.

The last thing we have left to do before starting back rebuilding is removing the plastic and duct work in the crawl space. It should be easy since the house is gutted and there are no floors. However, it will be the nastiest job. I am still working on finding volunteers for that one. I don't even want to do it.

There is free standing water all around the yard and fields. It is starting to stink really bad. Lily at one point today was helping Jill and me find glass and asked who pooped in their pants. Don't worry she wasn't touching the glass. She was telling us where the glass was and taking worms to Granny while saying "Granny I found a snake."

Tomorrow mom goes back to Texas to work for the first time since the flood. She isn't looking forward to it. I am glad we are far enough along she doesn't feel like she should be here working. She is working on floor plans for the house. She is making the best of the flood and rebuilding it back how she has wished her house to look. That is a positive to having to gut and rebuild your house. If there is something you didn't like now is the time to change it. She will have a bigger bathroom and closet when finished. Something every woman wants for their house. Another part being designed into the house is a laundary room.

Thank you again for all the prayers and support. Also a big thank you to the Homedepot manager. Mom went in to ask about the washer and dryer that were still under warranty. She is trying to get either her warranty back or have someone come out and fix them. Her blower was also new and under warranty. They told her to contact the manufactor for the washer and dryer. The manager ended up coming to find her in the store and had a brand new blower for her. He said he felt bad he couldn't do more for her. Thank you for the new blower Homedepot. It is one less thing she has to replace.