Earlier this morning while the world was still sleeping 🥱
We're always up and at'em early, early here on the farm!
Good Morning! I apologize for the lack of update yesterday, we just needed a mental break for a day. Saturday was a hard day emotionally as we had to throw out a ton of personal items that were far beyond saving. Thanks to an INCREDIBLE team, we got SO much done this weekend! We would not be here without so many amazing people dropping everything to help us put the pieces back together. The training building is just about dry enough to put in new floors (woohoo!) that being said, we've chosen to take the most waterproof approach in case something like this happens again, which means we need some more time to be back up and running. Our HOPE is to be ready for daycare to return Monday 8/26. Please cross your fingers nothing unexpected pops up along the way and we can spend these next few weeks getting the building back and better than ever. We are aware that FEMA assistance is now live for this disaster, thank you all that have shared info, articles, etc. This whole process is extremely overwhelming and we are navigating it as best as we can. If you have not received a thank from us regarding an Amazon wish list item, please know it's not intentional and we're forever grateful! Sometimes there is only one gift tag slip for multiple boxes and it's hard to keep track of what goes with what. A big shout to our local Amazon drivers as well... not sure we are high on their favorites list at the moment. 🫣 Please note! If you have pre existing boarding or training camp reservations there is no change to our boarding/training schedule and you're all set! We hope all our farm critters will be able to come home in the next week, but there is STILL water in the back and we're still accessing the damage to our coops and livestock areas/fencing. Thank you all so so much, we couldn't do this without you!
Good morning all, not that exciting of a video, but just a little update to show you where we are at. Starting to cut the walls out of the building, and as you can see, the spray foam is still saturated with water so that is coming out today as well. Our hope was that since the walls of the building were not drywall, that we would be in better shape, but that does not appear to be the case. Lots of work ahead of us.
We are continually amazed by everybody's generosity, especially with the GoFundMe. All of this cleanup and renovations are happening as a direct result of our community and all of you. Thank you. 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻
Also, holy spoiled critters, they are going to be so excited to come home! I plan to deliver some of the donations that have come in to their temporary homes over the next few days to make sure their caretakers have everything that they need. 
We have some storage pods and a dumpster being delivered today so we can work on emptying out our shed, which is confirmed as a total loss. Including the building itself will have to be replaced in time.
Pickles, Harriet, Penelope, and Harold share our immense gratitude toward our community... they would also like to live up by the house forever now 🤪 all four of our piggies are rescues, two were from an animal shelter in Port Charlotte, one was set loose after she outgrew living inside of a manufactured home in Colony Cove (sure the HOA loved that), and one needed a new home due to a divorce. They bring a lot of character and chaos to our farm and we are so thankful that they are OK!
