tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209022092011-07-28T23:48:04.429-07:00Our lives were turned upside-down on September 14th, 2004, when Hurricane Ivan destroyed our home and most of our belongings. We are still living in a FEMA camper and finally building our new home.Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20902209.post-67869701133444044002010-05-10T05:37:00.000-07:002010-05-10T05:37:05.797-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NkXbErign5U/S-f9mtN-ogI/AAAAAAAAAss/IbC50OqAxu4/s1600/housebamboo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NkXbErign5U/S-f9mtN-ogI/AAAAAAAAAss/IbC50OqAxu4/s320/housebamboo.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Two-Story House Hidden by Bamboo</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20902209-6786970113344404400?l=breezerdeb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20902209.post-1137367781587663262006-01-15T15:27:00.000-08:002006-01-15T15:29:41.586-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1558/2107/1600/HouseStairs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1558/2107/320/HouseStairs.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20902209-113736778158766326?l=breezerdeb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20902209.post-1137280851579632462006-01-14T15:05:00.000-08:002006-01-15T15:25:43.570-08:00<table style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"><tbody><tr><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1558/2107/1600/Picture_0490.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1558/2107/320/Picture_0490.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><br /><td><h3 style="text-align: center; font-family: webdings;">Progress So Far</h3></td></tr><br /><tr><br /><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1558/2107/1600/Picture_0486.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1558/2107/320/Picture_0486.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></td></tr><br /><tr><br /><td><h3 style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;">Front Porch<br /></h3></td></tr><br /><tr><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1558/2107/1600/Picture_0488.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1558/2107/320/Picture_0488.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></td></tr><br /><tr><br /><td><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">View from Front Porch</span><br /></h3></td></tr><br /><tr><br /><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1558/2107/1600/Picture_0483.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1558/2107/320/Picture_0483.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></td></tr><br /><tr><br /><td><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Back Garden from Back Deck</span><br /></h3></td></tr></tbody></table>They've been working on the main staircase today, which means that we won't have to climb the ladder to get into the house anymore. We have some really nice views up there. It will be really nice when everything is able to grow back again. Hopefully we won't get hit by any hurricanes for awhile.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20902209-113728085157963246?l=breezerdeb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20902209.post-1137202940921620072006-01-13T17:26:00.000-08:002006-01-13T17:42:20.930-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1558/2107/1600/Picture_0467.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1558/2107/320/Picture_0467.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:verdana;">Despite the rain this morning, they managed to keep going and put up the roof.<br /><br />Rumor around the neighborhood is that we will be kicked out of our FEMA campers on the 15th of March. That will be interesting, as I don't see that any of the houses in our neighborhood will be ready by then. We don't even meet with the sewer people to talk about hooking up until early March. I guess we will have to pitch a tent and poop in the creek.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1558/2107/1600/Picture_0453.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1558/2107/320/Picture_0453.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Here is a view of what we will see from our front deck. I'll have to see if I can get a better picture tomorrow morning.<br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20902209-113720294092162007?l=breezerdeb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20902209.post-1137112372701607332006-01-12T15:53:00.000-08:002006-01-12T16:32:52.710-08:00<a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1558/2107/1600/Picture_0461.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1558/2107/320/Picture_0461.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">It's been a long haul getting to this point. We picked this house out in October 2004. They didn't start breaking ground until mid November 2005. Having a Jim Walter home built is almost as stressful as watching my home getting destroyed by a hurricane. These people couldn't organize their way out of a paper bag.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">We have spent two Christmases in a FEMA camper. Every time a hurricane blew up the Gulf, we had to pack everything up and move inland.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1558/2107/1600/Picture_0175.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1558/2107/320/Picture_0175.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">The picture to the left is one of the few surviving pictures of our house BI (Before Ivan). All digital pictures from 2004 were destroyed with my computer. The day before the hurricane, the garden looked magnificant.</span><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1558/2107/1600/100_1324.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1558/2107/320/100_1324.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">To the right is what we looked like the morning after the hurricane. That's my car buried in the rubble.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Nothing around here will ever be the same, but hopefully it will one day be better.<br /><br />Hopefully I'll get the hang of this blog thing too.<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20902209-113711237270160733?l=breezerdeb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com0