Getting Closer

It is beginning to look like a home again. The floor plan was changed a little to what mom has always wanted to do to the house. If she ever wanted changes to the house then now was the time to do it. We opened the kitchen, dining, living, and den to one huge room. Also, she has a utility room now with a pantry. The last thing was changing the porch to a sun room. God has taken something horrible and made my mom a safer, more cost efficient house. The old electric was the wiring with paper around it, insulation was bad, and a/c had gone out several times. To get hot water you had to go into the garage and flip a switch. Now the electric has been reran. New insulation and drywall are up. Also, the walls are now textured. The duct work and new a/c unit are installed. I am hoping we will be painting in a week. Then the floors, cabinets, tile, etc. will be put in. After that hopefully we can get the furniture delivered that is being purchased by donations from her AA friends.

We had a lot of rain this past week and the roof leaked. It leaked around the fireplace and into some new light fixtures. That might put us a little back, but will find out this week. We are praying it will be an easy fix.

If you are looking for ways to help we might need volunteers for for a few things. We are talking with someone about the possibility of having them spray the paint on the walls. However if that doesn't work out we will have to prime and paint the entire house. Also, once the house is complete we will be taking what we salvaged from the flood and moving it back to the house. We could use help moving and cleaning everything. The things we saved are currently being stored in a unit that was donated, and we are thinking everything will need another good cleaning before being used again. I will post when we are getting close to needing help. The painting hopefully will be in about a week and the moving will be maybe in a few weeks.

The anticipation is building. God is good!!