when it rains it pours!

we are not affected by the rain as parts of MD were, but we have sustained water damage to our home :( it is NOT in our basement either. blah. we have water damage on the ceiling in our kitchen and family room :( in the kitchen it's pretty extensive. we'll have to have the entire kitchen ceiling torn down and replaced, blah. the family room has two large areas in two separate areas of the ceiling that are water stained now.

in the kitchen there is a HUGE area where the ceiling is bubbling, and cracking, and stained. all over the ceiling in there are big water stains. steve thinks it's from the shoddy construction of this house. it seems to be where ever the lower roof is attached to the house. so, probably coming in through the wall and following beams. NOT something we want to deal with at all. heck, we want to sell this house! not invest in new ceilings. double blah.

then tonight, at about 9p my father in law called and told us that our tenant fell and is in the hospital. he is an older man and they are trying to get him into a veteran home. he needs to be in an assisted living type situation, but we are currently out 2 mo rent from him. and on top of the damage to our house it's not great timing to hear about him being injured. my FIL said that the state will more than likely pull our tenants drivers license as well. he is an old man and has slowly deteriorated over the past couple of months. he's become very very forgetful amongst other things.

apparently we had about 8 in. of rain fall in the past 5 days, 5 inches falling between sun and mon. yikes!!!!!

i know our issues are small, very small. we are dry and safe and together as a family and for that i am eternally grateful. Heavenly Father is watching over us, and i know that. we will be ok!

good night!!

If you can spare some prayers, please!

There is a little boy named Samuel who was diagnosed with luekemia back in 2004. I don't know Samuel or his family, but learned about the situation online because his mom is a WAHM, and we hung out in the same circles. I followed his situation until he was in remission and hoped for the best for Samuel. Well, I was linked to his updates yesterday and he is not doing well at all :(

If you can spare some prayers, please pray for Samuel and his family during this incredibly difficult time.

If anyone would like to do something for his family, I'd be happy to knit something for you, or dye something and I'll send the payment from you straight to Samuel's family.

http://www.samuelbackus.com/SamuelsUpdates.html

May God bless Samuel and his family.