Update on Plumbing Issues

Well, last Sunday I took all day to make pictures (individually) of all the clothes I had in the ill-fated closet. I had like 64 things in that small coat closet. The majority of which were evening clothes, long dress coats, hand-made costumes, and other long things that wouldn't hang in the girls closets. When I estimated the replacement value, it was a little under $6000. Sheesh, I didn't realize what I had in there. Some of the stuff still had tags on it. Now I have to send it to a cleaners that specializes in cleaning moldy stuff (only a couple of things actually had any mold on them - my wedding dress was one). I'm just picking out the newest, most favorite things to send, the rest I'm getting rid of. I don't want to gouge the insurance company for things I didn't wear or was planning on getting rid of anyway.

We've had sooo many people out here the last week looking over the damage. It now seems that the pipe to the shower may have been what was leaking behind the shower wall. At this point, it seems that we will get about a 75% bathroom remodel out of the deal. Unfortunately, I think we have to keep our old bathtub (boo!) because it would cost a lot to have it cut up and removed (it's cast iron). We will be getting all new tile, new walls, new counter top. Joe and I want to spring for new cabinets, sink, and floor. Which may or may not end up being covered under the insurance. We don't have a final answer on that yet. We also think we may not have to vacate our home while all this is being done either, which is a plus since we have animals we have to care for.

The girls pretty much moved all their stuff out. Kristen took all the clothes she thought she might need until Thanksgiving (haha). Kaitlyn was afraid that demolition would start before she's supposed to move into the sorority house on July 31. If they closed off the back part of our house and we had to move out, she couldn't get to the new stuff we bought for her sorority room. She packed everything up and moved it temorarily to Michael's (her boyfriend). We're helping Kaitlyn move into the sorority house one day and then helping Michael move to his new apartment the next day.

Kristen is still contemplating graduate school. We told her since all this mold stuff has come up that she will need to figure it out on her own. If we can, we'll help her, but not to count on it. She's been having fun on the dating scene. She met someone through work (from an external audit agency) and she's met a dentist (about 8 years older than her) out at a club in OKC. She's finally realizing there's lots of fish in the sea! She leaves on Sunday for her first business trip. She's going to Houston for 3 days to do inventory in a Chesapeake pipeyard. Woo, hot and steamy! She had to buy steel-toed boots and jeans. She's going to sweat her butt off, I hope she doesn't pass out. She almost got heat stroke at a Chesapeake Community Service Event about a month ago when she was outside painting a fence at a local boys ranch (for orphans). She is NOT cut out for outside work. We'll see how this goes.

Today, I'm going to the AOII house to work for the parent's club. We go in and clean up the house, paint, build/repair stuff, etc. before the girls move in, in two weeks. Kaitlyn got a notice from OU that they want her to apply to be a calculus tutor for next year. It pays $10.00/hour. She was completing her application the other day. She said she can also tutor zoology if she doesn't get the calculus job. Tomorrow, I think Joe, Kaitlyn and I are going to try to go to the lake.