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Inside Out

Published by Editor B on Saturday, 8 April 2006

There’s an article about us in today’s Inside Out, the Times-Picayune’s Saturday home & garden magazine. Ironically enough, I still can’t get the paper delivered to our home.

REBUILDING IN MID-CITY IS STOP AND GO
Saturday, April 08, 2006
By Stephanie Bruno
Contributing writer

NOTE: Meet Bart Everson and Christy Paxson, who live on North Salcedo Street just off Canal Street. Though they moved back into the upstairs of their house in November, it was another month before they had power, and several more before work began on repairing the flood damage downstairs. We will drop in on them from time to time to check on their progress.

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The Stink of Death

Published by Editor B on Friday, 7 April 2006

Xy came home from Indiana on Wednesday. When she entered our house, she immediately noticed an unpleasant odor, something beneath my level of perception, but…

Work Stops

Published by Editor B on Friday, 31 March 2006

As abruptly as it began, work on our house is stopping for a while. Mark and Tony, the carpenters, will be working on one of…

Work Continues

Published by Editor B on Tuesday, 28 March 2006

The carpenters are going great guns on our house. The termite damage and the rot are more extensive than I realized, so they’re essentially replacing…

Feeling Better

Published by Editor B on Thursday, 23 March 2006

I was happy that work had begun on our house at long last. But I was also anxious and unsettled for the last couple days.…

A Helpful Hint

Published by Editor B on Wednesday, 22 March 2006

Helpful rebuilding hint: If you have any possessions you’d like to keep, remove them from the area before the demolition crew goes to work. Yeah,…

Work Begins

Published by Editor B on Tuesday, 21 March 2006

Ho hum, not much new to report… except that work is finally beginning on our house! I had just about given up on ever hearing…

Clean Bill of Health

Published by Editor B on Saturday, 18 February 2006

Some while back I signed up with the Preservation Resource Center to have our house inspected by an expert. Today, it happened. I was visited…

Rats

Published by Editor B on Saturday, 28 January 2006

I don’t think I’ve mentioned anything about our next-door neighbor, Craig. His house was pretty badly damaged by the flood, and he does not plan…

De-Clicked

Published by Editor B on Saturday, 28 January 2006

The roofer came back and fixed the clicking whirly-fan. Hooray. And they only charged $400 total for the two-fan job. That included the hardware, the…

Fans

Published by Editor B on Wednesday, 25 January 2006

The roofer I’d been waiting on for weeks finally arrived Monday. He critiqued Quickdraw’s work and gave it a big thumbs up. He was a…

My Block from Space

Published by Editor B on Tuesday, 24 January 2006

Google Maps recently added two zoom levels to their satellite views, and made other improvements that make it even more fun to fool around with.…

Fridge

Published by Editor B on Saturday, 21 January 2006

Adding to my innertube frustrations on Thursday: We were supposed to be getting our new refrigerator delivered. We bought it last month. But Sears never…

Quickdraw’s Back

Published by Editor B on Thursday, 5 January 2006

I had a roofer lined up to fix the hole(s) in our roof, but after waiting for six weeks or so, I was starting to…

A Solstice Miracle

Published by Editor B on Wednesday, 21 December 2005

Today is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. We’ve been getting up before dawn since Xy started back to school. Without electricity,…

Power Next Year

Published by Editor B on Friday, 16 December 2005

Yesterday, after a wait of two weeks, our electrical work passed the city inspection. It’s up to code, and we’re ready to take power. (Even…

Ouch

Published by Editor B on Wednesday, 14 December 2005

Just got off the phone with our mortgage company, US Bank. Right after the storm they told me we’d have a six-month moratorium on payments.…

Generator

Published by Editor B on Saturday, 10 December 2005

Our electrician came by tonight (with a crew of old friends from Brooklyn) and hooked our generator up to our electrical panel. Now we can…

Elevation

Published by Editor B on Wednesday, 7 December 2005

According to the Damage Assessment Wizard on the City of New Orleans website, our house “is NOT substantially damaged.” It also says: “You may continue…

Cold Front

Published by Editor B on Monday, 5 December 2005

Last night the sky was luminous. Even though there are no streetlights for at least three blocks in any direction, the city was still reflecting…

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