FEMA (government owned) trailers have become the new neighborhood abodes. There are at least 10 in every block in Metairie and residents live in them while restoring their houses. This area has been cleaned of debris by the homeowners and they are now ensconced in their trailers. There are people who need them much more than me. Besides, I would get claustrophobia in one and secondly, I can claim my messy, unfinished house on Katrina for a long time to come. Not funny, but you have to laugh or you'll cry.
The status of our house? The floors are not finished. We have doors to buy and install. The baseboards throughout the house are still missing. There are about 45 boxes yet to be gone through to either put back where the things belong or recycled. New fences need building and more sand brought into the yard to replace what was washed away in the yard and underneath the house. And, on and on and on. Our daughter still has no kitchen and her roof is being put on this week. Our youngest son still has no first floor so they live on the second floor. We're all alive, fairly well and everyone still has a job which is more than can be said for thousands of Louisiana families. Thank you, Lord.