Damn the luck, but it could have been MUCH worse. Hang tough and rewire it to handle some extra lighting. I was concerned that Chris might have done some additional wiring for lighting to aid in the growing of.... Keep me informed and WHO was the Insurance company, I may need to change mine. Michael R. Martin > Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:55:52 -0600 > Subject: [m-w] Re: I think the other closet plant came from LONE STAR... > From: kathi.pieper@xxxxxxxxx > To: m-w@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Thanks for the address. Unfortunately, my house was destroyed today > along with the remaining thank you cards. So, hopefully you still > have a few left and can send it. Thank goodness, I wrote the other > cards out over the weekend and mailed them on my way to the office > this morning. > > I got to work at 6:30, trying to make up some lost time. I received a > panicked call from Chris about 8:30 advising that the house was on > fire. Thank god a guy was coming home from work and noticed a fire on > the back patio. He went to the front door and pounded on the door for > about five minutes and finally woke Chris up. Chris was able to get > himself and all three dogs out before the fire was too bad. I will > send pics when I get them. We are all fine and currently staying at > an extended stay suite hotel close to the house. The fire abatement > company that the City of aurora called to board up all the windows, > etc. advised that it is a total gut - all will be trashed down to the > framing and rebuilt. The insurance adjuster also advised that the > house was built during the era of asbestos so they were planning to do > an assessment of the asbestos in the house. If there is asbestos, > nothing is salvagable except for non-porous items. So, we will be in > extended stay for two nights and then they will arrange for us to rent > either a townhome or a house for approx 6 months to a year maximum > while we wait to get the house rebuilt. > > Happy St. Pat's day!! > >> > >> Now that you mention it, that sounds right. If you can send me their > >> address, I will do a card unless you would prefer to send it. Just > >> let me know. > >> > >> Thanks!! > >> > >> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Michael R. Martin > >> <drsewnsew@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > > >> > I think the other closet plant came from LONE STAR UNIFORMS. > >> > > >> > _________________________________________________________________ > >> > Windows Live™ Contacts: Organize your contact list. > >> > > >> > http://windowslive.com/connect/post/marcusatmicrosoft.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!503D1D86EBB2B53C!2285.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_UGC_Contacts_032009 > >> > > >> > > > > ________________________________ > > Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. Find out > > more. > _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Life without walls. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_allup_1a_explore_032009