Amazing

We did some picking up and vacuuming yesterday. We're not going to need new carpet - the carpet is just fine. Kind of annoying, because we really need new carpet. Oh, well, at least we can get it cleaned.

The mildew smell was coming from the walk-in closet in the master bedroom. The door was shut, the floor was wet, and there were lots of clothes and shoes on the floor. Uh-oh. We lost about eight pairs of shoes and a bunch of clothes, most of which were on the floor or in a box on the floor because they don't fit. My wedding dress was kind of mildewed, but it came out nice and white again after being washed with some bleach.

When we're inside our house, everything is just fine. Outside, though, the city is still kind of surreal. You can't see the front of our house from the street because the tree limbs are piled so high. Two-foot diameter logs from the trunks of blown-over and broken pine trees are everywhere. A very good large one-topping pizza is only $6.

We're packing up the stuff in the bedroom and bathroom closets and cupboards to make room for a family that is moving in to our house for a couple of months. C. is a single mom who has adopted three special-needs children. Her house has about a foot and a half of mud in it right now, and she's been staying with a cousin. She says we are the answer to a prayer. Nobody has called me that for a long time.

I think we'll be able to leave Tuesday morning; DH for Lubbock, and me for Columbus.