SOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm not sure how to even say this — heck, I can barely type it because my hands are shaking. But…
2 1/2 years ago we lost everything in Hurricane Katrina. Insurance didn't cover anything because although we had hurricane insurance, we didn't have flood insurance (hello…we were two miles inland and 30ft. about sea level,) and go figure, storm surge is considered FLOOD. Doesn't matter that it's a flood that only happens BECAUSE of a hurricane. Hurricane insurance doesn't cover it.
So we were left with an empty shell of a house. Everything inside was a loss. And though we couldn't live in the house, we still had to pay the mortgage. The insurance costs skyrocketed. Had to pay those, too.
A year later, we hired a contractor to start working on the house. To make a short story long, shit happened, and his subcontractors ran off with the money we paid.
Big setback.
But we got a new contractor, and he finished last September, two years after Katrina.
Then the housing market took a dive, and we couldn't sell the house. Still, we had to pay the mortgage, the insurance, AND monthly electrical, water, and sewer bills. All while paying all those things where we're living in Virginia. As you can guess, things have been a little tight.
Today we closed on the house in Mississippi. The 2 1/2 year nightmare is OVER. Katrina is in our rearview mirror, and a huge, huge weight has been lifted.
I want to take this opportunity to once again thank EVERYONE who came to our aid after Katrina. The romance writing community is amazing, and because of YOU, we stayed strong.
Now, I'm off to chill some champagne!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YAY!!! That’s FANTASTIC!!!! I’m SOOOO excited for you! Enjoy that Champagne!
