Broke House and Broke Car

Our new roof got started today. This is our first step (other than repairing the broken window) to fix our "broke house", as Carter says.

The crew showed up around 11:15 am and only got the shingles off one section in the back and got the felt on that section. I don't think they are going to finish the rest tomorrow as they originally said.


We're going to have to really make sure all the nails get picked up because they are everywhere and I'm sure they would go right through the Crocs that Carter always wears.



Amy and I were planning to take the kids to the pool today. I was waiting to talk to our roofing contractor and Amy had gone on to the pool. She discovered that it was closed today so we decided to head to the other pool in the neighborhood. Since she didn't know where it was, she came over to the house and was going to follow me there.

My car was parked in front of the house because of the roofers and Amy parked behind me on the hill. When we were leaving, I thought I had put the car into drive but it started rolling backwards when I took my foot off the brake. Even though I have an automatic, I gave the car more gas thinking the hill was causing it to roll backwards. By the time I got my foot back to the brake, I had rolled into Amy. I immediately put the car into park and so I have no idea if I was in drive and the car never engaged or I was somehow still in neutral. Either way, I hit Amy. And Carter is now describing my car as "broke" as well.




Thankfully we are all fine but I feel terrible that I hit Amy. I hate that I've caused her this inconvenience and I feel dumb because I consider myself a good driver. She's been so nice about it though.

This afternoon Amy and I stopped by the body shop Brian and I have used before to try to get estimates. Due to all the work they have from the hail storm, the earliest they could do an estimate was the end of the month and repairs couldn't be done until at least October. Hopefully everyone isn't that backed up!

When we were at the body shop, Caitlyn was playing with a toy phone. When we asked her who she was talking to, she said "Insurance." These kids hear us even when we don't think they are listening!

Amy and I have the same insurance agency and they have been great so far. With the recent storms, they have a mobile catastrophe center still set up and I have an appointment with them tomorrow to get an estimate and move the claim forward. Also, since we are with the same insurance agency, they are waiving the deductible.