Category Archives: post-Sandy blog

Friday night at the East Rockaway Trailer Park: hunting mosquitoes with a fly swatter. (Wish I liked beer.)

Yesterday, the gas co. was supposed to reconnect the gas to the house – hot water, heat (tho not needed yet) and cooking (stove). The operative words here are “was supposed to”. Guess what didn’t happen!? The worst? Move back … Continue reading →

I look forward to the surreal Christmas-slash-PTSD experience I’m sure to have when we move back into the house and I get to unpack the boxes that contain all our other worldly possessions. Then I get to relive the the … Continue reading →

I fell out of the trailer the other day. Sounds hard to do, doesn’t it? It’s surprisingly easy though. (I was completely sober, by the way.) There’s not a mark on me, no broken bones, no one witnessed it. (Not … Continue reading →

We may, in fact, get flooded again this year. But what else can we do right now? We’re just thinking about comfort. And money. Comfort and money. And, of course, space. But I guess that comes under the heading of … Continue reading →

This week, we’re meeting with an electrician to redo the house so that we don’t start a fire when we move back in. (I told you, I’m not much of a gambler. There was just too much else last year, … Continue reading →

Is it global warming? Are the waters rising? Are we just cycling in our geological era? How much of a gambler are you? Me, not so much. Will it flood this year? The Irene surge, in 2011, filled our 4 … Continue reading →

Taxes. New builds result in a tripling of tax charges each year. That decides it. We’re actually being PREVENTED from rebuilding after the storm. Now what? I suppose I should be relieved that we found all this out BEFORE we … Continue reading →

We were flooded with salt water. It corrodes everything in its path. Everything man-made, that is. Like pipes, cars, electric wiring, nails. That sort of thing. So it’s been most interesting to see which plants came up this year. As … Continue reading →

The paperwork for the mortgage/loan just came in the mail. But we now know that any changes to it will take 3 to 6 months. But something about them having offered the loan last February (even tho, as of today, … Continue reading →