Flood Recovery

Reconstruction of the rectory and church has begun! YAY! It has been almost 2 months since we were hit by the second flood in Unadilla in 5 years. When the first one happened we were told that it was a 100 year flood. So we must be 95 years to the good right? We are truly hoping we never have to see anything like this again. For us it was not quite as bad as in 2006. We had 3 inches of water in the house and 4 1/2 feet in the church basement where the offices and nursery were. In 2006 it was almost 3 feet in the house and 6 feet in the church. It is still enough to disrupt life though. The church had to replace 2 furnaces, 2 water heaters, everything in the offices and in the nursery. Not to mention cutting the drywall off half of the wall. At the house we only had to cut 6 inches of dry wall, but still enough that we have had to have contractors come in and re dry wall, put new floors in, and we will re paint. Because of the working needed down stairs we have been living on the upper floor of our house with the contents our our lower floor living in our dining room for the moment.

I am so glad to have the reconstruction started. They crew working here is going quickly. They are almost finished with the walls. Hopefully they will be ready to paint soon.

Here are some pictures of the damage to the church and house:

Maria is 3 years old! Well, more like 3 going on 13, but... She had a great time at her party which was a Beauty and the Beast theme. She loves "princa's".
It is amazing how fast they grow. To think that when we moved to Unadilla she wasn't even born and Sam was only 3 months old.

They are so active now. Maria loves to play with her babies and stuffed animals. She is such a girly girl at times. She also likes to rough house with her brother.

Sam is adjusting to kindergarten and loves his teacher. He is in an active class and sometimes others behaviors are rubbing off on him. We have had to have a few discussions about how fooling around in the hall and pushing people is not ok. He likes to learn, but the full day is tiring for him though.


On another note at the end of October I began a new job.  I am working for Delaware-Chenango-Madison-Otsego BOCES.  I split my time between two schools.  I am in Unadilla Valley Middle School and High School and also at Oxford Academy Primary School.  I am really enjoying being back at work and getting used to being at 2 different school libraries.