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he told us to leave immediately…

• by admin • In How Mold Took Our Stuff, Where We Walkers Are •   0

If you haven’t read the previous two posts – go back and do so now… :)

Three or four hours after we found the mold, called our landlord – a cleaning company arrived put in several LARGE dehumidifiers and air filtration systems… the guy installing them told us to leave immediately and to not be in our 2B, 2 Bath any longer until the air was fine for us to breathe in… with the mold being black mold we had to wait until the air was safe to be in it… (which is usually 48 hours after he put in the devices)

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Yes this is not a cookie – it is black fuzzy mold.

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Bathroom sink in our Master Bath… mold doesn’t photograph well

So we went and stayed at our friends house for two nights as they were out of town…. we felt like zombies all day on the Sunday – not being in control of the situation or knowing what to do was so strange, difficult and hard to be patient. We went to see a movie, grieved ‘our things’ with the understanding from the specialists mold shouldn’t just grow that fast in 3-4 days (from the last time Becky had cleaned up the water condensation/leaks from the AC Unit) unless it was underneath the wood floors, in the walls, underneath the carpet… it would cost thousands of dollars to clean make sure that there were NOT ANY spores left in any of our belongings… unless it was glass and could be washed with bleach…

I remember saying to Cordie, “I do not know how Hannah’s family (my beautiful sister in-law who lives in Australia) went to the location of their house being burnt down and not able to save ANYTHING” Slowly, remembering everything they had or the generational things that were now gone.

We felt fortunate that would could grab a few things but very confused about what to do with the rest….we had clothes in a suitcase from our trip to MN and didn’t need to worry about them having exposure

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To Travel. To See. To Be.

• by admin • In Moving, Travel •   0

To move within the first year of being married is not always recommended, however, my husband and I could not wait any longer to get going on our little escapade. We have always dreamed and discussed traveling before we ‘settled’ down into the typical house and started having children. So we have decided to travel NOW. Our goal is to be in a warmer climate preferably as close to the ocean as possible, hence why Florida is at the top of our list. When finding a place to rent for only a short period of time within our budget kept falling through the cracks we decided to ‘go with the flow’ and are going to live in NYC for a month this summer. Neither of us have been there which is half the adventure and are looking forward to exploring the city for a few weeks.

We are looking into a rental in Ponte Vedra, FL  for August & September as one of my best friends from High School is getting married in Jacksonville, FL at the end of September! From there my husband and I will be flying to Valencia, Spain for his work. We are planning on staying in Europe for a while after the conference. For now, I am still in Rochester, Mn avoiding the packing, cleaning, until we move our things into a storage unit.