RAIN,RAIN AND MORE RAIN.

Leak in the ceiling and yes that is a dust bunnie clinging to the corner.

In the bed room.

Our back yard.

Front side yard.

Back yard.

Between our house and the neighbors.

Between us and the neighbors.

This has been the rainiest week we have had in I don't know when. Although the whole summer has been rather wet, Mother Nature has really out done herself this week. I think we have had about six inches of rain and the weather people are predicting another six inches in the next three days.

We have lived here in our house for forty years come Janurary. We have never had a ceiling leak in all this time, but Thursday afternoon when I came in from work, there was this big water circle in our bedroom ceiling. There was a smaller spot in the corner and another in the bathroom. This really makes you feel sick. So the insurance people are coming out the first of the week to estimate the damage. Hope we can get some kind of ajustment from them. I'm sure we are looking at a new roof and I hope not to much damage to the ceiling. We will just have to wait and see.

John made pictures of the water around our yard. This was the most we had ever seen. Our house is sitting on a little rise in the subdivision and we were starting to look like an island. We have always wanted a piece of water front property and for a short while we had it.

Stuff like this always happens when you are having company. Sondra, David and Daniel got in on Thursday night. Mark is coming in this morning and Monica, Tim and the boys are coming in this evening. I hope the tarp that John put on top of the house holds or we may have a ceiling cave in on us.

Every since I looked and saw the damage to the ceiling , I have been thinking of this song that I use to listen to when I was a kid. I think Rosemary Clooney sung it in the fifties.

THIS OLD HOUSE

This ole house once knew his children

This ole house once knew his wife

This ole house was home and comfort

As they fought the storms of life

This old house once rang with laughter

This old house heard many shouts

Now he trembles in the darkness

When the lightnin' walks about

CHORUS:Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

Ain't a-gonna need this house no more

Ain't got time to fix the shingles

Ain't got time to fix the floor

Ain't got time to oil the hinges

Nor to mend the windowpane

Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

He's a-gettin' ready to meet the saints

This ole house is a-gettin' shaky

This ole house is a-gettin' old

This ole house lets in the rain

This ole house lets in the cold

On his knees I'm gettin' chilly

But he feel no fear nor pain'

Cause he see an angel peekin

'Through a broken windowpane

CHORUS

This ole house is afraid of thunder

This ole house is afraid of storms

This ole house just groans and trembles

When the night wind flings its arms

This ole house is gettin' feeble

This old house is needin' paint

Just like him it's tuckered out

But he's a-gettin' ready to meet the saints

CHORUS

This ole house dog lies a-sleepin

'He don't know I'm gonna leave

Else he'd wake up by the fireplace

And he'd sit there and howl and grieve

But my huntin' days are over

Ain't gonna hunt the coon no more

Gabriel done brought in my chariot

When the wind blew down the door

CHORUS