A Dead Cat is Probably Not a Good Sign, Right?

don't worry, I didn't take a picture of the unfortunate kitty that decided to die next to our boxwood shrub... but I ask you, can it bode well for us that this is what greeted us upon our arrival this Sunday?
Chris Janks, our friend from Alfred that did our amazing kitchen is pictured here under our house looking at our hopeless pier foundation and collapsing retaining walls. Since Mike and I have very little spare time, and even less knowledge and experience with putting a new foundation on a house, we have called him in---he has a guy on his crew that does this kind of work, so since pretty much EVERYTHING ELSE we do is literally resting on the quality of this job, we have wisely chosen to contract it out. Needless to say, viewing the sorry state of this foundation caused much head shaking and even some laughing. There are no footings below the frost line- apparently the former owners thought it sufficient to place a single row of cinderblocks on a 4" cement pad placed directly on the ground. Also, they seemed to think the main beam supporting the house would be just FINE to make out of two sistered 2x6's, and not ones that ran the continuous length either--- they are sort of frankensteined together. The crookedness of the walls and windows is no longer a mystery, that's for sure. The hilarity doesn't end there, but those are the main problems we will be addressing immediately. Hopefully, fixing this won't cost us as much as the house.