Another year goes by......

It has been over a year since I have written. The house on the bayou has been cleaned out, but it still sits in a condition of decay. I have a law suit filed against LA Citizens, like tens of thousands of others.

The house clean-out came as a result of numerous unwelcome visitors. There is no reason to leave anything there for them to steal. It's just better that way. The house is an empty shell. The grass still grows and must be cut. It is hard to do when you must live so far away.

I got one bid for the lifting of the house to the desired sixteen feet. It came in at well over $100,000. For that I will get a wrecked house on a new foundation. Somehow, it just doesn't seem worth it. The economics don't add up.

I was promoted at work shortly after the storm. The hours are greater and the money is better. The hours make our time here in Reno more difficult.

But there's hope. In just a few short years we will be moving down. We will have a place to live and the time to fix up the old place.