Well, now that the house is coming back together I think I can stomach putting some of the pictures up for ya'll to see. This is not the worst. A lot of work had to be done to the house to get it to this point. I had taken a lot of pics for FEMA and had them put on a disk. I have to locate that one to be able to show you where we came from. However here are a few to let you see some of the devestation but mostly the blessings of the Lord. He is so loving and kind!
The above picture is what happened to our dining room floor. Yes that is a huge hole in the middle of a lot of hard wood. We have pulled out all the hard wood and now the hole is fixed and the floor is covered with ceramic tile. Below is a picture of our Living room. It is not at it's worst. This is after we had someone come in and put up sheet rock. It had started out with all the walls torn off to the studs! It also has a pile of sheet rock that stayed in my living room forever and is now in my hall. We had also used it as a place to sleep for almost two months as we toted our beds in and out of the house while they were working on our walls. that is our bed in the bottom left hand corner.
This is a picture of the ceiling. We had it fixed and then stomped and painted. I just had to put it up but the picture doesn't show how good of a job they did!
Here is my kitchen. All of the bottom cabinets came out and now have new ones in. We are still waiting to put in our top cabinets and David bought me a brand new stove. YAY!!! Our Dining Room table was David's office as he had to move out of his office. The computer is also new. Our old computer had been sitting on the floor and was on when it flooded. I had to unplug it while standing in water above my ankle YIKES! But as I said above the Lord blesses and we managed to get a brand new computer of which I had been wanting for a while. I did loose a lot of pictures because I didn't have back ups so if any of you have all your pictures on the computer I would suggest that y0u get them on disk soon.
Ahh! Now it is starting to look like home. Here is a picture of the new computer desk. Not sure what David is thinking about but I wanted to show off the desk. The walls are a really pretty pumpkin butter color. I love it! That is the new tile on the floor. My wonderful brother Russell and several of his friends came over to help us put it down. 
Now here is a Christmas story for you. I didn't want to put the tree up until the floor was down and the walls were painted. I'm not sure why I was being so stubborn. Just that I wanted the house to look more normal for Christmas. So what does my darling sister do!!! She brings my brother Russell, my nephew Riley, and three of their friends from church and tells them that they can't goof off because she wanted me to have a nice house for Christmas. They worked hard until 10pm Saturday, December 20th and managed to get all the living room tiled and the walls in the living room, dining room, and most of the hall painted. We also put up curtains in the living room. The Lord knows the desires of our hearts and he hears and answers our prayers. Here is a picture of the walls and our wonderful Christmas tree. I hope you all had a very wonderful Christmas and know that Lord hears our innermost thoughts.
God Bless you all and Happy New Year
The above picture is what happened to our dining room floor. Yes that is a huge hole in the middle of a lot of hard wood. We have pulled out all the hard wood and now the hole is fixed and the floor is covered with ceramic tile. Below is a picture of our Living room. It is not at it's worst. This is after we had someone come in and put up sheet rock. It had started out with all the walls torn off to the studs! It also has a pile of sheet rock that stayed in my living room forever and is now in my hall. We had also used it as a place to sleep for almost two months as we toted our beds in and out of the house while they were working on our walls. that is our bed in the bottom left hand corner.This is a picture of the ceiling. We had it fixed and then stomped and painted. I just had to put it up but the picture doesn't show how good of a job they did!Here is my kitchen. All of the bottom cabinets came out and now have new ones in. We are still waiting to put in our top cabinets and David bought me a brand new stove. YAY!!! Our Dining Room table was David's office as he had to move out of his office. The computer is also new. Our old computer had been sitting on the floor and was on when it flooded. I had to unplug it while standing in water above my ankle YIKES! But as I said above the Lord blesses and we managed to get a brand new computer of which I had been wanting for a while. I did loose a lot of pictures because I didn't have back ups so if any of you have all your pictures on the computer I would suggest that y0u get them on disk soon.Ahh! Now it is starting to look like home. Here is a picture of the new computer desk. Not sure what David is thinking about but I wanted to show off the desk. The walls are a really pretty pumpkin butter color. I love it! That is the new tile on the floor. My wonderful brother Russell and several of his friends came over to help us put it down. 
Now here is a Christmas story for you. I didn't want to put the tree up until the floor was down and the walls were painted. I'm not sure why I was being so stubborn. Just that I wanted the house to look more normal for Christmas. So what does my darling sister do!!! She brings my brother Russell, my nephew Riley, and three of their friends from church and tells them that they can't goof off because she wanted me to have a nice house for Christmas. They worked hard until 10pm Saturday, December 20th and managed to get all the living room tiled and the walls in the living room, dining room, and most of the hall painted. We also put up curtains in the living room. The Lord knows the desires of our hearts and he hears and answers our prayers. Here is a picture of the walls and our wonderful Christmas tree. I hope you all had a very wonderful Christmas and know that Lord hears our innermost thoughts. 
God Bless you all and Happy New Year 
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