Getting there....

Well, It's taking a lot longer than we figured it would. With Winter and the Holidays and some illnesses, progress has slowed to a crawl on the house rebuild and on getting the shop back in order. That's not to say we haven't made huge progress, it's just that next month will be one year since the flood and I'm starting to run out of steam.

I want to get back to doing what I do.

Our new deck.

The flood rebuild is taking longer then we though it would. I was hoping to be back in the shop making pickups by now. We have made a lot of progress on the house. We are about half done. Here is a tour of the new Deck that was built by an all volunteer crew and designed by Amy Hopkins. It's fantastic!

The Kitchen is Done!

Dad working on the floor

This is my dad. Lt.Col James Searcy. He's retired now and came by to help out with the tear out. He also brought some huge barn fans and clean up gear and god only knows what else to help with the job. At one point he even mowed the lawn!

Ellie Erickson and the Dry Wall Mud of Doom!

You guys have read about Ellie here on my Blog before. Shes a luthier, musician, artist, guitar tech, and pretty much anything else you can think of . Well she came down to help of put the house back together. She was part of a volunteer group that was put together by the MIMF who also raised some money for the rebuild. Well, let's be honest... it wasn't just some money... it was about $10,000!

A Jacked Up Home

This house is about 7 houses down from us. We got 16 inches of water in our house. They got 7 feet. That's almost to your ceiling folks. To reduce their risk in the future they are lifting their house and blocking up under it.

Tennessee Flood Rebuild Still Going On

This is a section of road that is sitting where a house is supposed to be. The house is gone down the river.