Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Q1V Update #2

Okay, so the remodeling is going great. If by "great" you mean, exhausting, dirty and we no longer really have heat on the side of the house that we live in.

Actually, it is going okay. Geoff, and his dad who has been helping, have installed about 15 outlets (give or take a couple) plus put in the boxes for 6 or 7 more.  Plus 6 lights (not really installed because we would need a ceiling for that) have been wired and then some switches and....I don't know more stuff. Who knows what they are doing up in that there ceiling.

Geoff and Dave are (currently, as I type) re-working the ducts (see the no heat in the first paragraph) and it will be awesome. Plus, I learned that I can turn off some of the 8 million ducts coming off the furnace. Awesome. Dang, that Dave is awesome. And so handy. Hooray for Dave! And Geoff! Dave is used to staying up all night working but Geoff is delicate and wakes up early (ish).

I am playing the part of the guy you hire outside the Home Depot for six bucks an hour. Crappy manual labor that requires no skill set. Basically, I have cleaned up fifty tons of plaster and lathe and sheetrock and insulation and wood paneling. We emptied the truck and trailer on Saturday and it is full again. FULL! Oh, and I have pulled about 15,000 nails. A lot of nails.

I have pictures but the camera, it is sooooo far. And I am exhausted. Lucky for me, I am now taking over for my mom with the kid (because that is also exhausting) but at least I am clean.

Also, Hazel had a dance recital yesterday and it was awesome. I will post pictures in a separate post.

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