A couple of weeks ago we had a really bad storm that came thru our area. One of the worst in a while - and it dropped golf ball sized hail and 70-80 mile an hour winds on our pathetic little roof. I was inside the house and could literally hear it flapping in the wind. Not good. We called our insurance agent and she said to go ahead and have an adjuster look at it. He looked at it and then promptly totaled it. Not good, but better than if we had to pay for everything out of pocket. So, now we are getting bids to have our roof replaced and looking at a nice $1,500 deductible. Lovely - just in time to finish paying off medical bills and sucking in so we can pay for an adoption in May. I'm just going to keep repeating my mantra for the last 7 months - "We are very blessed, and it could be worse."
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
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Agh! I hate Texas weather! So the guy never showed up to look at our roof. Who did you guys use? (Gotta love doing this from a distance)
LOVE the blog and the CUTE photos of Emilee. SOOOO precious!! WE MISS YOU GUYS!
And I'm getting all emotional reading your post about #2. We'll keep our fingers crossed that mom stops lightin' up (et al)!
Sometimes I would like to just do without the whole trials thing...I can't do anythng anymore without wondering how it is going to get turned into a trial or lesson! :) (Fortunately, it usually always turns into a blessing too!) Good luck with the roof...argh!
I would give anything to have a nice rain storm right now. I am tired of the snow and cold. I never would have made it as a pioneer. I WANT SUN!!!!
Okay, so I'm not trying to be 'all business like' here ... but usually your insurance company will give you a check to get the work fixed. They don't HAVE to write the check directly to the contractor if you agree to the amount that the contractor has bid ... let's just say it's a $5K bid. Just for kicks. So, you get the insurance company to give YOU the check and sign something saying that you won't come back for more money, yada yada yada. Then you call Gary ... and he finds you a crew of Mexicans to come over and do the SAME job for 1/3 of the cost. No lie. And you pocket the remainder of the money from the insurance company ... and thank your lucky stars that you found a better deal ... and have friends in low, I mean high, HIGH places ... and then you pay for your adoption. Okay? So ... get a quote ... get the check ... then give us a call and Gary can get a crew over there to fix your roof. Got it? This could be a BIG blessing. And yes, it's legal.
HUGS!!
Love it - They already sent us a check for some of it...and we have already gotten a few bids. I'll have David call Gary later. THANKS!!!!!
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