AMKuska's 2019 Garden Thread

[flowerbug]

Hey everyone,
No worries, everyone survived the fire. My husband was cooking tempura for dinner while I ran out real quick to drop off my son at nana’s house.

I came back to see no less than 8 fire engines on my street. There were so many fire engines they could not all stuff themselves on my street and were parked at the mouth of it too.

I looked to see which neighbors house was on fire, only to notice it was, in fact, my house they were all crowding around. -.-

A quick call to my husband revealed he was panicked but fine, and had also rescued the dogs. Since I always take the baby with me even for short trips she was never in the building.

We aren’t sure how the house caught fire. Hubby switched the burner off before walking away, and came back to the whole oven in flames.

As for damage, I need a new kitchen and a new roof. There was very heavy smoke damage in all the rooms and all the baby stuff needs to be tossed. I’m a little salty about that.

We are insured, but some of the things that burned were not replaceable.

Fortunately everyone’s alive, and in the end stuff is just stuff.

Just to make things more fun, we are having the biggest snowstorm in 37 years according to my neighbor.

Anyway I will check in when I can, but my computer took damage and is with the cleaning company getting repaired if possible.

Also,?im still gardening dammit. Potted up the cukes in my greenhouse today, even though I had to drive 10 miles through a blizzard to an unlivable house to do it.

Please forgive any typos. Typing on my phone is hard

thank you so much for your reply, i've been worried... forgive typoes? haha... AWLT typo stuff ye speak of...

 

[baymule]

I am so glad to hear from you and that you and family are ok. Fire is devastating. Things you loved is just gone. Your home is damaged, but it can be repaired. Glad that it isn't any worse than it is. God Bless you, I admire and love your determination and spirit to have a garden. I hope it is the best garden you have ever had.
You have a guardian angel.

 

[AMKuska]

great news everybody! We found a rental home! And you guys are never going to guess where.


Guessed yet?

If you guessed next door to my own house, you guessed right! Well...two doors down, but still. Practically next door. Best part of all is that my computer will be cleaned and ready to go next tuesday, so starting on the 27th you guys will hear from us more regularly.

And yes, they accepted all four pets. My housing agent made me get an appointment to license them as "emotional support dogs" in order to make it easier to find housing. It really bothers me that after putting so much time into getting CGCs and other proof of their good behavior, I still have to do this.

 

[bobm]

great news everybody! We found a rental home! And you guys are never going to guess where.


Guessed yet?

If you guessed next door to my own house, you guessed right! Well...two doors down, but still. Practically next door. Best part of all is that my computer will be cleaned and ready to go next tuesday, so starting on the 27th you guys will hear from us more regularly.

And yes, they accepted all four pets. My housing agent made me get an appointment to license them as "emotional support dogs" in order to make it easier to find housing. It really bothers me that after putting so much time into getting CGCs and other proof of their good behavior, I still have to do this.

About 30 years ago, I managed a 149 unit apartment building. You will NOT believe how much DAMAGE a dog and / or cat do to an apartment / home in a matter of a day or a few. Example : a new tenant moved into an apartment with their dog... the next day they whent to work ... their black lab mongrel destroyed every wall in the living room as well as all of the kitchen cabinets. Another tenant moved in with 2 cats. In a few days those two cats had urinated all over brand new carpeting in the apartment and clawed a corner of the living room carpet to shreds. Etc. ...

 

[thistlebloom]

That's good news! Now it will be more convenient to take care of your plant starts, as well as other conveniences.

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

I smiled at your good news! Way to go!!!!

 

[baymule]

I am so happy for you!!! This is good news. You might not be home, but at least you are close by! So now you wrangle with the insurance company and start the process of repairing your home?

 

[Collector]

Glad to hear you are all ok and getting housing right by your house. That means you can keep your garden plan going. You all stay safe and keep us updated on all you goings on.

 

[AMKuska]

About 30 years ago, I managed a 149 unit apartment building. You will NOT believe how much DAMAGE a dog and / or cat do to an apartment / home in a matter of a day or a few. Example : a new tenant moved into an apartment with their dog... the next day they whent to work ... their black lab mongrel destroyed every wall in the living room as well as all of the kitchen cabinets. Another tenant moved in with 2 cats. In a few days those two cats had urinated all over brand new carpeting in the apartment and clawed a corner of the living room carpet to shreds. Etc. ...

That must be where they are coming from. The CGC is 10 tests rolled into one that evaluate a dog’s behavior (must pass all tests in one go) and while it does test separation anxiety, I don’t recall potty testing.

In any case, my dogs haven’t had the opportunity to shred/soil anything as they are kenneled unless I’m directly supervising them. I would die if something happened to this lady’s house after she took my dogs in.

My son also has to eat in the kitchen because the dining room is carpeted...figure that one out. He gets more food on the floor than in his face, and I just can’t risk a stain.

We are moved in now after a very stressful day and it’s a beautiful home.

 

[AMKuska]

I am so happy for you!!! This is good news. You might not be home, but at least you are close by! So now you wrangle with the insurance company and start the process of repairing your home?

Eh...not my rodeo. Hubby is handling that. I handled the rental, the inventory, and the dumping of the non salvageable items. Husband is handling construction. It appears to be going well. Some roof inspector was wandering about today.