Ice and more Ice

Well we broke snow records this fall... so that means once it warmed up that we would be breaking records for the amount of ice. On Sunday Heather and I were driving back from the store and we saw lots of houses with broken eaves troughs and roof damage and I thought... man that sucks.

Well Sunday we went to bed, and a little before midnight... Heather and I were actually sleeping (yeah!) and we got woken up by a huge CRASH! It sounded like a car crashed into the house... so I ran downstairs and looked around... wasn't sure what happened. I thought the noise was by our bedroom and so I went to that part of the house on the lower level...

Our house is a two story house, with a one floor addition on the back of the house. The addition to the house is only one story and has a flat roof that buts up to the original brick house. The guestroom, first floor bath, and family room are the addition to the house.

I started by looking in the guestroom... at first I looked at the ceiling as I walked in... didn't see anything... but then I turned to my left looking towards the bathroom and saw all the cracks. The ceiling had cracks, the wall had cracks down it and even a split in the wall. Whew... then I walked into the bathroom and the walls were cracked all over, the door frame was cracked really bad and paint flakes and chips all over the floor.

What happened is that our eaves trough gave out on the back side of the house. So a HUGE stretch of ice fell onto the flat roof. It was about 10 inches in diameter, like a tree trunk... no wonder it made so much noise when it fell.

Luckily our roof isn't leaking so we aren't under an emergency. Our insurance is going to cover the repairs. The decision for us right now, is do we follow through and do an insurance claim or maybe repair it all ourselves and save ourselves doing a claim (which raises our rates, we have a deductible, etc.).

I have tons of pics, but for insurance reasons I am not going to post them here until we decide what we are going to do. Luckily like I said the damage isn't critical like leaks or something not usable in the house. So we are safe, the house is warm and we are enjoying Mr. Cruz... and the warm weather got us a chance to take him outside in the stroller!

Valentines Day

Ah the day the single hate, old married couples remember the "good old days" and young couples fret over doing just the right thing for the holiday. So where does that leave a couple like us? Married less than two years, with a 7 week old at home, and with a roof that just nearly caved in (more on that in a later post).

Well I remembered this morning that Novali had hidden a card for us last time she was here. So I pulled that out from her top secret spot she told me about and gave it to Heather. Always fun getting her cards. She works so hard on her crafty items and I have a little box where I save every last one.

We love you to Novali and we will call you tonight!

I joked on my Facebook that I had seen that ChikFilA was doing a candelight dinner tonight from 5pm to 8pm... or that I had gotten a $5 VDay Coupon from our local chinese buffet... Hum, what would Heather and I do? I am actually still not sure, because when I asked Heather what she wanted to do tonight and when we exchange gifts she said...

"I already gave you a gift, your son to pass along your name." I told her, but that was 7 weeks ago. She replied she is going to use this gift for many many years. She has a good point, it was a pretty sweet gift.

I am glad I have a wife that I don't have to worry about if I bought a big enough diamond, spent enough money, reservation at the best place in town, or if the purse is a real designer one or not.

We can be laid back, enjoy each others company and maybe I can get a big steak. I did however buy her a little something that Novali helped me pick out... so I will have to see what she thinks...