[StBernard] how about another list

[Westley Annis]

Beautiful, Wes.  I agree with what you've said here completely.

Sam


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> Gaby,

>

> Although Jer tends to use "high falutin" words, I have to agree with him.

>

> Money is tight for a lot of people, as well as time.  Although I am 90 

> minutes away, I still have obligations to my family.

>

> It's not just a simple matter of making a living five days a week and 

> then working on a house that is not going to be used for the other 

> two.  Besides needing to take care of everyday matters, down time and 

> family time are still needed on those two last days of the week.

>

> I realize you don't want to live next to homes that are still full of 

> gunk, but have you talked to your neighbors in the last nine months?  

> How close are they to St. Bernard that they could find a day here or 

> there to work on it?

>

> Everyone has their own schedule and resources and it doesn't always 

> match up with someone else's.

>

> Using my case as an example. No, my house is not gutted and I've only 

> just now signed up for the free gutting.  The neighbor to the left of 

> me and across the street from them are gone for good, not coming back. 

> I have seen no indication from the neighbor of the right side of me 

> that they are coming back.  I haven't seen one trailer on my block.

>

> Why did I wait to sign up for the gutting?  So that I would be as 

> close to the end of the list as possible.  I did not want my house to 

> be gutted before someone who was a little more deserving had theirs done.

>

> I've also got the battle with the mortgage company.  As others have 

> stated, I am not going to sink any money into a house that may end up 

> belonging to the mortgage company before the one year anniversary of 

> Katrina comes around.

>

> My house in Chalmette used to be my home, but Katrina took that "home" 

> away from me, so now it is just a house.  I do have a new house that I 

> am now making into a home for my family and that will simply take 

> precedence over the house in Chalmette.

>

> Don't get me wrong, I miss my Chalmette house and it will take me 

> quite some time to get this new house to equal it, but in the grand 

> scheme of things it is simply a house, just like everything that was 

> inside was simply possessions.

>

> Shortly after the storm someone asked me what I thought of losing 

> everything.  I said I was disappointed but it was not going to stop me 

> from living.  I had to buy all of those things, so now it meant I 

> simply had to buy them again.

>

> I'm rambling now, so I'll just stop here.

>

> Westley

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