My world got flipped up-side-down on Dec. 16.

Here's the skinny on what happened to us. I'm keeping a blog of it all. And this is c/p from another post.

I had a few moments while we're waiting for the adjuster from Huntington, WV to come and meet us. The trailer is a total loss, imo (but I'm no adjuster). I can't even begin to describe the damage that has been done. And w/it being a trailer and having that pressed board crap for walls, trim, & flooring, it doesn't take much to seriously damage that stuff.

Here's the story of what happened.....

The line that feeds the toilet broke spewing water all over the girls' bathroom. It was coming out of that line so much that the light fixture in the ceiling in there was full of water. We are unsure of when it happened. But I left the house yesterday at 4pm and we got back home around 10pm. When we got up to the front door, we heard this really strange sound coming from inside the house. And my fear has always been that we'd been broken into where we live in such a rural area and it's really dark there w/no street lights and only one neighbor that just a piece down the road. Anywho, I got the front door unlocked and out poured all this water out the front door and I had to physically fight w/the front door just to push it open into the trailer. It sounded like a waterfall in the house. To give you an idea of the water that came out, my porch, that's a 12x8' foot is a solid sheet of ice b/c of the water that came out of the front door.

The heat was on and the water had poured into our duct work/furnace and it was blowing that water out all the vents in the trailer. The damage is extensive. There are water marks about 3-4" up on all the walls in the girls' bedroom, their bathroom, the hallway, the living room and our kitchen. And then every single window, 2 doors leading to the outside and the skylight have massive condensation in them from where it was 17 degrees last night and all the moisture that's in the trailer. The condensation is so bad that the water is running out of the windows down the walls and into the electrical outlets that are below several windows. We had to unplug my deep freezer and microwave b/c of this. And so all that meat (chicken, deer, beef, fish, etc.) and frozen veggies and waffles and well, just everything that I had stockpiled in that deep freezer are gone. I found nowhere to put them.

And our furniture, my new computer (from last year), movies, presents, everything is soaking wet. The walls and floors are already starting to bow from the massive amount of water that was in there. We went outside and pulled back the underpining and in a trailer they have insulation under it and black plastic that covers that. Well, that black plastic is sagging down in 4 diff. spots from one end of the trailer to the other and those places are bigger than 2x a car hood and are hanging down about 4-5'. One of the bulges is laying on our sewer line that feeds out of the bathroom that had the leak to the septic tank.

What breaks my heart the worse is the fact that Anna was so upset that everything in her backpack for school (2 library books, her agenda book, and school books) are ruined from the water and she cried. And then poor little Maddie was just standing there in one spot in her bedroom for over an hr last night crying b/c her "room was ruined and all her toys and shoes and just everything". I think she was more devastated than I was last night. Cry And of course Eli, he's running around all over the house in his boots like he's splashing in a puddle after a spring rain. I couldn't help but smile and laugh. What else could I do. Wink

We have homeowner's ins. and we've got coverage on our property, contents and even loss of use. The only down side to the 'loss of use' coverage is the fact that we have to shell out all of the money up front for like a hotel, etc. and then get reimbursed later on down the road. Our deductible is $250, so it's not like it's $2500 that we've got to come up with. I think too, w/it being Christmas and then Anna's 7th b-day is next Friday, the girls already started asking "How will Santa know where to bring our presents??" "Will we still have Christmas" And of course Anna is really worried about her party b/c I was having it there at our house. But now I won't be able to and I've called around and everything else is booked b/c of Christmas and New Year's parties.

More than anything we need prayers. Prayers and more prayers. And even more prayers. Honestly, I just feel so lost and confused. I know it's not right to ask but why does this stuff keep happening to us? We're a good people and we give alot and help others whenever we can. I mean, I just donated over 400 non-perishable and frozen foods to Anna's school to help w/the Christmas baskets this yr. Just to help out. Truth be told, we prob. 'qualify' for one of those baskets b/c of our income, but I've been so incredibly blessed w/knowledge and cpns and the wonderful trades that I'm able to help others that are in the same financial situation as us, but just don't have the resources like I do. And I helped my friend Jan out by giving her literally an entire car full of food and stockpile stuff. Why? Just Why??? It's Christmas for crying out loud!!!

I'm so very sry this became so very long. I have so much emotion just coming out of me right now. For you ladies that have my number and if you wanna call me, pls don't hesitate. I would love to hear from you to take my mind off of this right now. I'm sorry, I just feel lost, so incredibly lost. I don't even know where to start or what to do or what to say or really sometimes how to feel. I just feel lost.

I love you ladies. Love you all w/my heart. I consider you all such close and wonderful friends. I am truly blessed beyond measures. I suppose that this is just another setback, possibly a lesson. Who knows. I know that it will all work itself out, things like this always do, but it's just so hard to see that right now. I just wish my string of bad luck would just go away. Honestly and truthfully, I or rather we, me and my family don't deserve this.

Thank you all for getting this far and for praying for us. I love you all!!!

Linda