Hello, I am a long time lurker and sometimes poster here in R.C.T.N. I've actually been reading for several years. I moved back to Illinois from Virginia in June, on Sept 15th we had a house fire. They have decided to total the house and build us a new one. But we lost our beloved 5 year old cat, Alex. We have had him and his sister Nicki from the time they were born. He died from smoke inhalation. She was left in shock and with second and third degree burns on three of her paws. We spent two weeks in a hotel and have now moved into temporary housing to await the re-building of our home. We have lost every thing but like my Husband says " it's just stuff and it can be replaced. At least we have each other and at least one of the cats. " We were not in the house when it burned thank Goodness but our cats were I can only imagine what Nicki must have gone through. She is much better now her feet have healed and she only has a barely noticeable limp.
My Stash is also gone, floss, charts, half finished projects, my once beautiful work basket with tools from my Grandmother in it all my little stork scissors and all my little gadgets I have collected since the 70s when I started to stitch. Also a big box of cross stitch magazines many of them British. Since I do love them so much with their large pictures and color charts. I guess my question is this. " Where do I start to rebuild my stash? Do I buy floss, or books or kits or tools first? The insurance guy had no idea what all my stuff was worth and he wrote if off with a check for $75 Dollars. What a joke
The worst part is the fact that just a week before. We were moving our belongings out of a storage place to our house and my box of Christmas ornaments fell off the back of the truck. I pulled off the road but right behind me were several huge grain trucks and I had to stand there and watch them run over memories from the very first Christmas I spent on my own. By the time they went by and I could gather the bits and pieces I had only 6 that I could save. I cried but then I thought maybe this is Gods way of making me get rid of my old memories and give me a boost to make new memories with my husband. So I had started making new ornaments, Of course that all burned too. (Sigh) So does anyone have any easy ornaments I could make?
Amber in Illinois who just needed to vent a little to people who understand.