Beneath the Wraps

  All the flooring that we had put in had done less than two years ago has been to be replaced.   Once again – are you kidding me?   Just fix the kitchen not the entire flippin’ house.   But no.   Thus were we down to no useable kitchen but had three days possible that the five of us might have to share a toilet.   Oh, no.   That didn’t sit well. Initially the insurance company was going to issue a 28,000 dollar allowance to pay for temporary housing and food that would supposedly last four months.   Four months?   Are you kidding me?   The water damage wasn’t only the floor but ALL of our kitchen cabinets would have to be replaced as well.   What a nightmare. The insurance company talked Richard into staying in the house rather than use the money on temporary housing (which we had looked into and had come up with pricing) for the five of us (wait a minute – did I say that I had no intentions of sharing a bathroom?   Why coul...

             It’s been just over three and a half years since we had made the purchase of our reclining couch and chair – something that had invited comfort in the showroom.   We didn’t realize the furniture had been created over extremely heavy frame that would misshape each time it was moved.   Thus, coming out to Oregon really took a toll on our misshapen couch each time it was moved.   It’s sad that it’s value had depreciated so quickly.   We feel so gipped.   But what can we do?   We have looked to replace our pathetic couch, but it’s not a priority.   There are two other issues at hand.             First there is the matter of the car that my mom had purchased brand new, however Roland and I put more miles on the car than she ever did.  We had borrowed it to go on long trips thus it had quite a bit of mileage on it before we had purchased it....