We noticed recently that one side of our front porch/balcony was sagging quite a bit. The former owners had apparently added some new trim and repainted the front porch to hide the fact that the porch was rotting off the house. And our inspector, once again, missed a very obvious major issue that involved costly repairs that should have been negotiated during the purchase of the house.
Luckily he did catch that the water heater needed to be raised a few inches... What a champ.
What we initially thought would be a minor repair of replacing a few boards on the deck turned out to a complete ripping out and replacing of the entire bottom deck/supports. The supports and bottom of the posts were completely wet and rotten and everything had to go.
After replacing the entire bottom deck we noticed that some trim on the top balcony was falling off too, and that involved tearing out the entire support on the sides and front of the top balcony to make it safe. We wanted to delay a full balcony replacement at this time (and I hope we made the right decision).
All of these unexpected but needed repairs stressed me out quite a bit (sticker shock), so I took a computer break and I hung out with the boys and their visiting cousin Mattie.
Here is my sweet husband with the boys and my niece Mattie at my mother's house. (I used the Pretty Preset Matte B&W on this edit.)
Here I found all three of them cuddled together a few mornings ago. I needed to see this to remind myself that though there will always be unexpected expenses and stresses in life; life is good.
I keep on reminding myself I need to live life more like a six or eight year old; appreciate and enjoy each day and not stress too much about the future. Children are born wise.
Hope everyone is having a great week!
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