The day started out with the glorious sound of the dog getting ready to vomit on the bed.
Hoping that would not set the tone for the rest of the morning, the coffee machine, dishwasher and washing machine got a stern warning. They are all behaving.
The weather here has been really crazy. We have not really had any winter yet and now my Spring bulbs are starting to grow. By the time it finally snows it may be doing so on fresh Jonquils and Tulips! Today, though is gonna be an AVERAGE day...according to the weatherman.
The sky looks it's normal self ...nothing remarkable.
Then the heavens parted.
I could hear the angels singing.
Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Glory!
Imagine a Monty Python Montage without a giant foot squashing me to death.
The sun shines a little bit brighter today.
The day has finally arrived! We have finally settled with our insurance company.
If you are familiar with the Southern expression "fit to be tied," that is a mild way to describe our feelings in dealing with our present insurance company. I have a lot of words for them, and none of them are ones I even feel comfortable typing.
It has been over 18 months since our fire, and we now are free of the paperwork nightmare that has been our existence for the past year and a half.
No more keeping every receipt!
No more noting inventory numbers for each item on every receipt!
No more spreadsheets of an entire household of lost items!
No more spreadsheets of money spent cross-referenced to the receipt and all of the other spreadsheets!
No more internet searches to prove values!
No more making copies of every receipt, spreadsheet, and internet source!
No more staring at 300 pictures of the burned out remains of our home!
NO MORE!!!!
We are free! We can make purchases how we want and when we want. My hubby can reclaim what was once his office, but is currently devoted solely to insurance paperwork.
It is the most marvelous feeling to have this part of the nightmare behind us!!
I would have a bonfire with the mountains of paperwork, but that is too ironic to even be slightly funny.
I can't even imagine how freeing that is. Congratulations! Also, I have to admit, I laughed at the thought of a celebratory bonfire destroying your house again. So, uh, don't do that, kay?
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! Have a great celebration. You all deserve it.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy that your tragic family ordeal is now over.
ReplyDeletei'm so glad for you guys that it's finally settled! now enjoy your freedom & go buy something that has no significance to anyone but yourself and don't justify it to anyone. hooray!
ReplyDeleteABFTS - B - Thanks and no, we still aren't comfortable with matches so no worries. Although you shouldn't have laughed...chuckle maybe.
ReplyDeleteShelly - Thanks - we are relieved but it was emotionally draining.
Stephen - Thank you!
Sherilin - Nice thought there. We've tried to do that on occasion especially with the kids. "Replacement" is a dirty word from here on.
Ironic, indeed! Ok, so no bonfire, but maybe you could celebrate by going to a nice restaurant and ordering one of those flaming dessert thingies - cherries jubilee - or something! Congratulations!! :-)
ReplyDeleteYay, I'm glad the nightmare is behind you :) Awesome!
ReplyDeleteYay!!!
ReplyDeleteInsurance companies and their asinine rules sure can suck.
Hooray. So glad that is over for you and you can now move forward
ReplyDeleteYAY! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for the little anti-V-Day poem. It's full of venom, the way I like it.
xoRobyn
YAY! Good for you. That was a long time coming. You can finally breath a sigh of relief... I hate it when my dog throws up in the house. Gross.
ReplyDeleteYeah, just imagine if the coffee machine, instead of the dog, vomited on your bed.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, congratulations!
Except for that dog thing, though.
Congratulations! And, Hallelujah!
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