Last week was brutal!
SO many things happening,
all at one time.
We got news that our homeowners insurance
was being cancelled.
They cancelled 67,000 homeowners in the
state of Florida in the month of June.
With only a few week's notice.
And nobody else will insure our house
because our roof is 17 years old.
Despite paying for a 4-point inspection
that certifies our roof is still good for a
minimum of 13 more years.
So....
We met with a roofing company I've done
lots of permits for at the town and everyone
seems to be happy with their work.
They brought in a quote that was higher
than I wanted, but less than I expected.
Got all the paperwork pushed through
and finally got an issued permit on Friday morning.
Once we had that in hand, I started working on
getting quotes for insurance.
The HORRIBLE state (last resort) came in at $2500/yr.
The one recommended by my mortgage company
came in at $9,346/yr! YIKES!
I had heard good things about a company that
does a lot of insurance in California and Florida
called Kin.com.
So gave them a try.
They issued a policy in just about 2 hours!
And it came in at $2,484 for the year!
Several of the people at the town hall
use them are really like them,
their online reviews were good...
so we went with them.
Unfortunately they won't accept a professionally
done 4-point inspection (although they did give
us a nice discount for our wind mitigation report
he did at the same time...) so Rod had to do a
"owner inspection" yesterday.
Walked around and took a bunch of pictures
and submitted them.
Anyhow.
The roof won't be done for a few more weeks.
All the roofers are SWAMPED.
But at least we have insurance before the
hurricane season really hits.
And then, of course, CJ passed.
And we are doing some more home financing stuff.
And Kyle and I re-seeded the pasture we just seeded
since it rained and the seeds didn't get a good start.
We did that on his BIRTHDAY.
(He's not a big birthday celebrator... so we just
did up some steaks and corn on the cob when
Rod got home...)
Jim was in Springfield Missouri all week at a
certification course and is now a fully licensed
and certified insurance adjuster!
Congrats!!!
AND
I did my first food order last week (did the self reliance
plan and had her fill out the food order form but she
asked that we sit on it for a week because she was going
to be out of town helping another family member...)
My entire presidency went out of town.
1st - Idaho.
2nd - Dominican Republic.
Secty - no idea - didn't know she was going... lol.
So yesterday was the Sister Buffaloe show.
The day started with Ward Council at 9.
Then church at 10:30.
Relief Society at 11:30.
A stake training meeting at 12:30
and a meeting with the Stake RS counselor
and the other ward's recently released RS Pres
to help me walk through and place the food order.
I got home about 3:30.
Then of course all the texts and emails to follow
up with all the previous meetings and
assignments that went with them.
The new member sister we chose in the stake training to
focus on - I found out her visa just expired and she
went back to China!
So... there's that.
I was supposed to teach the evening classes this week
but the other night instructor had an out of town
trip pop up, so we traded. I'm not teaching at all
this week, but that means I will be double dipping
next week. (sigh)
So today Kyle and I are all loaded up and heading
up north to the feed mill.
Fingers crossed. It jumped about $200 last month.
Who knows what it will be this time.
But the sun is shining, I'm eating a yummy
breakfast of eggs and okra.
We finished about 15 pounds of home grown
onions in the freeze dryer yesterday and put
in the other 15 pounds last night.
They should be done tomorrow probably.
(Lots of water in onions...)
Gotta run!
The back back pasture and the "new" grass we planted in November.
Kyle keeps it mowed to control the weeds.
We won't let any animals on it until this November.
Gotta get it good and established.
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