We closed on our house May 15, 2008. I was thinking today how happy and blessed I feel to have our own place! I finally took down 5 out of 18 blinds on our windows. I am tired of the dust that collects on those things! They came with the house so they were pretty dusty. I am still looking for curtains to keep out the light in our bedroom. I put up temporary curtain for now.
The house hasn't disappointed us yet. We haven't had an major problems (Thank You Jesus!). We did have 4 small leaks. One leak came from a vent that dropped water into the vent pipe. It was taped up temporarily and didn't do any damage. Two leaks came from the sink pipe coming off. We are not sure why or how it came unscrewed. There was no damage either. The 4th leak came from our refrigerator water line. I woke up to a puddle of water near the master bed room. The neighbor helped me close that faucet behind the refrig. We aren't using the water or ice maker till we buy another water filter. I hear nightmares of the things that happen to first time home buyers. We have been blessed to overcome our small inconveniences.
The day we closed on our home will be remember forever! It was an exciting day and ended with a scary tornado passing nearby. We lost a ton of limbs that hit our gutters and broke cable and electricity lines. The sky went black and it was only 4pm. I remember signing papers with our security company using our cell phone lights. The electricity was scheduled to come on the next day but the storm slowed that down. Ryan was moving some items from the van when the storm began. He remembers pulling out of the covered garage and then realized how bad the weather was and backed up just in time for a huge limb to fall right in his path. The radio on our van hasn't worked since the storm! The security guys girlfriend called him on his cell warning him that a tornado was nearby. That is when we decided to look outside and saw limbs everywhere. The house held up fine during the storm other than losing some gutters. 
We officially moved in May 17th. My family and my sisters family helped us move most of our stuff that day. Ryan and I made another trip to clean the place and two trips to our storage unit in Prairieville. We still have items in boxes and realized we need to have another garage sale this coming December.
The past hurricane season left us with a windblown shingles, trees down or split in half, fence bent from fallen trees and the covered garage had siding blown away. We are blessed to have a new roof on both the work shop and house as of Sept. 2008. We had to put more out of pocket money to buy 30 year architectural shingles from Owens Corning. They back up their product if there is any defect what so ever and they will reimburse you for the problem. We had some aesthetic(black glue that leaked outside on some of the shingles) issues on some
of the shingles and they reimbursed us to live with it. They mentioned that it won't affect the performance of the shingles. After spending more money then we had this past hurricane season we feel very blessed to have received this reimbursement.
of the shingles and they reimbursed us to live with it. They mentioned that it won't affect the performance of the shingles. After spending more money then we had this past hurricane season we feel very blessed to have received this reimbursement. We have much to do to make this home more comfortable. We would like to organize the workshop so it is more useful instead of a place to store our unwanted treasures. As they say one mans junk is another mans treasure! We hope to sell these treasures and make some extra cash for much needed items around our home.
My next post will show pictures of our unexpected visitors and our newest member to our feline family.
Have an awesome month of November!
God Bless America! May the Best man win this Presidential Election! Please God Watch over us during this coming year! May we find comfort in YOU and You alone during this scary place in time! Amen
Tiff. Nicole
