My mom's house - after

So all of us kids helped mom & Butch out as much as we could. From running errands, to making phone calls, to packing stuff up, to throwing LOTS of stuff away. Luckily my mom has a "resort" across the lake they own with a mobile home and a cabin on it, so they are living in the mobile home and she has moved her dog grooming business to the cabin. We had to wait for insurance adjusters to arrive. After a week or so of talking, discussing, typing, planning, drawing, averaging, estimating, finally things were set. Basically the entire house had to be gutted, the roof had to come off, the rafters needed replaced, one Morton building beam needed replaced, all ceilings, all floors, basically everything.

Definitely something I don't wish on my worst enemy. We had to sort, collect, count, inventory, and throw away a lot of stuff. Anything plastic, all food, all drinks, all mattresses and boxsprings, all dried floral arrangements, anything for sale retail from my mom's dog grooming business, magazines, paper products, animal food, pillows, clothes, medicines, and ALL TOYS/GAMES ALL HAD TO BE THROWN AWAY!! Which meant we had to inventory and do paperwork on all that stuff. Everything left had to be boxed up and taken by the restoration company for cleaning and storage until the house is completed. Mom also had to keep out the stuff they need to live with right now and until the house is finished. So it's really an unsettling process.

Thinking about it all just exhausts me. Phone lines, cable lines, utilities, mail, etc all had to be transferred or shut off, etc etc etc. It's a long and draining process. Slowly they are coming around.

Also, in preparation for rebuilding the house they have to move all the landscaping around the house that is in the way of construction, which includes decks, awnings, and decor!

My brother Aaron and his wife, Lori, stayed to help with the inside demo. Last week they started on the removal of the roof and replacing rafters and trellises. A little bit at a time.


The old family room.


The rafters above where the Master bedroom was.


Looking back into a spare room, exercise room, family room, etc.


What was once the living room, kitchen, office, and master bedroom.


Where the kitchen and guest bathroom was at.