BowtechTurkeyHunter Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 Hey guys just wanted to say thanks for all your prayers after our house fire ... its been exactly one week almost to the hour we found out about the fire. This whole experiece is nothing I would ever wish on anyone not even my worste enemy. You dont realize how much you have until you have lost it all. The most important thing I have gotten out of this whole thing so far is that everything we have lost is just material and it can all be replaced. I mean it could have been a lot worse we could be sitting in a hospital room with one or both of our kids ... fortunately we dont have any of that to deal with ... Hunter (wifes dog) is doing a lot better he still has a nastgy cough because of all the smoke he inhaled. We are lucky to have him with us for sure. Thankfully we have a awesome vet and they have really worked with us a ton as you can expect with something like this expenses are already starting to take there toll. Another blessing is that we are 100% insured and the contracctor estimated his cost to rebuild the home back to the way it was is around 80-100k and the property loss will be around 20-30k. Back in September I re wrote the insurance poslicy with State Farm and my agent told me that if I would have had this fire with the insurance company I had before I would have been covered for a wopping 55k. Not even enough to cover the 2 rooms that have to be completely rebuilt ... than God for small blessing like that. It looks rough right now since we dont have anything and are living in a 2 room hotel but trust me it could be a lot worse and we thank God every day for everything we do have. Once again Thank you to everyone of you that sent prayers our way and for caring most of all. I will post pictures as soon as I get them from our contractor since both or cameras got damaged in the fire ( they were in the office where the fire started) Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Finn Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 Good to see you around Steve...thanks for the update and will keep praying for you guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 Hope you guys get back in your home soon. Glad everyone is okay, including Hunter. Where was Nellie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nut Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 We lost alot of things in a house fire 20 years here so I understand what you are going through. We ended up living in a barn for 2 years. But that is another story. I wish the best for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 Glad to hear that you are in good spirits and well insured. Will continue to keep you in our prayers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 nice to hear from ya bud, take care and if i can help give me a shout. ya know i am not far away;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig mack Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 I'm glad that no one was hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 Glad to hear from you Steve. Will continue to keep your family in our prayers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 glad to hear the family is doing well---and the pooch!! todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 i'm very happy to hear all the good news, steve. no one dead is the big thing. you may actually laugh at this in a few years. all can be replaced, except those pictures... things could have been much worse. and now, you get to have a new everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 Thanks for the update Steve..... Prayers will continue to come your way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowtechTurkeyHunter Posted April 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 Hope you guys get back in your home soon. Glad everyone is okay, including Hunter. Where was Nellie? Well as we said before I think lol ... I was out hunting pheasants with my other 2 dogs and Kimberly was at a neighborhood association meeting just down the street I was 30 mins away when I got the call but I realized that there was absolutely nothing I could do by racing home so I made a couple phone calls and headed home ... I think that helped me and my wife, gave me some time to think. Dont get me wrong by any means I am upset about what happened but it is out of my hands and getting mad will do absolutely no good, I just want to be there for my family so that they can get through this as easily as possible. We will certainly have new stuff but I would at this point rather have my own stuff back and have things just the way they were a week ago. As far as pictures we didnt loose to many of them so we are very very thankful for that the cleaning ppl thought that they could save most of them and redigitalize the rest of them on the computer and touch them up (amazing the technology) This should be an amazing learning experience for us and in some aspects I am looking forward to it but I can tell you this I never ever ever want to do this again. PERIOD Steve PS I want to thank my good buddy Todd (dogdoc) with a couple of phone calls he helped me put my wife at ease with hunter and the couple of "scares" we had with him he was very reassuring and put my mind at ease and in fact helped me put my wifes mind at ease ... Todd from the bottom of my heart Thank you buddy and I cannot wait to meet you in person and shake your hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beagleboy Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 Glad everything will work out for you with the home. Prayers still coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 Sounds like things are going in a very positive direction and that is great! Wishing you and your family nothing but the best from here on in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 Wish you and your family the best Steve. Thank the good Lord no one was hurt in this fire. Hope you can rebuild soon and your in my thoughts and prayers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 The best to you and your family Steve. Hope everything gets back to normal as soon as possible for everyone. Keepin' ya in our thoughts and prayers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyoitker1 Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Wishing you the best Steve. The Realtree family prayers are the best thing when someone is in need. Prayers sent. Randy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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