More Drywalling....

Joe rented a drywall lift on Saturday. The bedroom ceiling is done (woohoo!) and the livingroom is almost done. We were up until 12:30 getting all the big pieces up. There is just a six foot by 29 in piece we need to get up. We don't a lift for that. The other sheets were up to 12 feet! It was a long, exhausting evening.

We were hoping to be done before Dan & Becca came this weekend, but no can do. I will spend tonight putting the livingroom furniture back in place and sweeping & dusting. And laundry. Since I did very little over the weekend.

Daddy's Little Helper

Joe & I got finished removing the dry wall. Now Joe is preparing the room for hanging new dry wall. It should look awesome when down. The middle of the ceiling will be 9 feet with a bulk running down the east & west sides.




Robby helped out with his very own Bob the Builder tool kit! He was very in to it! Joe let him hold his hammer and he about fell over. "Whoa! I think I'll use my screw driver," he told Dad.




On the sports camp front, Bridget performed in a play today at camp. Joe & I thought she did a great job. She was Hospital 1 and the chorus in 1000 Cranes. She projected very well and was fabulous! Next week will be her final week at IUPUI Sports Camp. Her and Katie will be in the Chinese Culture Camp during July and part of August.

All the dry wall is down from our bedroom! Yeah! I am so glad because I hate, absolutely detest, wearing those stupid little white masks. I'm sure they are perfectly fine for those who do not wear glasses, but trying to maneuver around with fogged up glasses is near impossible! Add to that the glasses have so much moisture on them that the dust permeating the air sticks to your glasses making viewing worse still (hard to believe that's possible!) I hope we have no more demo work.

I was hoping that the previous owner had stashed a bag of $100 bills in the wall somewhere, but that was not to be so we are still poor. Darn the luck. At least, we still have our health thanks to wearing those little white masking and managing NOT to trip or injure ourselves while we couldn't see!

More Demo Work

Well, we decided it was best to tear out the drywall in our bedroom and start fresh, so that is what Joe & I did last evening. Bleech! We still have a little to go tonight. I will try to get some pictures (wish I would have taken a before shot - but that's life!)

Construction Update

Everyday we get a bit more done on the house. Joe took a little time off from mudding, sanding, and priming to plant the garden. I don't think he has everything in yet, but he has started. I just hope the rains don't wash it all away!

The air-conditioning was hooked up Friday. Yippee! When the tech left at 4 p.m. it was a 89 degrees in the house! It took quite awhile for the house to cool down. Joe has also started finishing the doors. They are going to look fabulous! One of us needs to start staining the window sills, etc... Until that is done I can't install mini-blinds. Daylight Saving Time is playing havoc with the kid's schedules! It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't work and they could sleep in, but since we have to be out of the house before 7 am I need them asleep by 9. I start putting them in bed at 8 and I can still hear them at 9 - 9:30!

We have all the furniture (with the exception of the bed) cleared out of our bedroom. This will allow Joe to finish the drywall and install a new ceiling in that room. At the moment, we are sleeping in what will be the girls room. All three kids are in the same room. I am not sure Robby will know what to do with his own room!

Due to generosity of others, our floors look great! Larry gave us left over tile which was installed in the upstairs bathroom. Our neighbor, Brian, gave us (and installed!) tile in the kid's rooms and last week Rich and Edie gave us enough tile to do my sewing room. It is a real nice oak parquet.

I need to get some updated pictures.