The house

Well it's almost the end of summer vacation and the barbeque I was hoping to have this summer never happened and likely won't happen. Why you might ask, simply put, we are still not back into our home.  Yes June 16th has long come and gone, so has July and now we are nearing the end of August.

As each new occupancy date approaches I try to remain optimistic, but those dates just keep coming and going.  There is another house inspection scheduled for this week, but some of the things which failed the last inspection still aren't complete and I am not holding my breath that they will be.  I personally am preparing myself for not being back into our home until October.  I'd love to be in our place by Thanksgiving so that is my goal.

Progress is being made but ever so slowly.  Sometimes I think we would have been better off if the house had burnt to the ground.   Many people have said to me how you could get a new house built in 4 months rather then this now 9 months that we are going into.  However, if the house had burnt to the ground I wouldn't have some of the possessions they were able to save most importantly my family photos and family heirlooms.

I wouldn't wish this process on anyone.  Not only do you have to deal with all the emotions that goes along with the loss of your home, but then you have the pleasure(not)of dealing with insurance companies, adjusters and contractors.  In the beginning this process appeared seamless and I was highly optimistic that things would continue along this path.  Not so much.  Insurance companies as much as they would like you to believe they are there for you they are not.  They are there to make money, that's the bottom line.  If they didn't have to pay you a cent they wouldn't.  You have to be on them constantly, and you really have to be your own advocate.  Although your adjuster might try and make you believe he/she is there for you, again they are there to represent their adjusting company and ultimately the insurance company.  Same goes for your insurance broker.  As our insurance was coming up for renewal this month I went in and had a little chat with my broker, only to find out that one, he didn't know about our house fire until 3 months after the fact and the only reason he found out was because he didn't get the kick back he was expecting from the insurance company because we had made a claim!

Anyhow, back to the house.  I know I will be very pleased when it is all said and done, but the process is very taxing.  Seems like so many things in your life are put on hold as you try to deal with  putting a roof back over your head.  Hubby and I have been very fortunate that we have been able to live in the basement suite at his father's, which is right next door to our home.  This accessibility has been great as hubby has been able to keep a watchful  eye on the contractors and keep things flowing as best he could.  I can't imagine what would have happened had we not been living in such close proximity.  You know if I were a witty person I know there are a few funny stories I could tell about things that have taken places during this rebuild, however witty is one thing  I am not.

At this point I was hoping to share some photos of the house the the progress.  But that's another issue that I will have to write about.  The loss of items in the fire of course included computers and hence I had to get a new computer and learn new programs and transfer data and well there just aren't enough hours in a day for me to figure all that out...but as I said I'll save the story of my lack of techno wizardry  for another day.  So instead of house photos I'll share some random photos of the night sky.

Happy Wednesday all!