Wednesday:
It was probably a good thing the parents were working and not around for the tree removal project Wednesday afternoon! "RG" rounded up a couple of friends and a couple of chainsaws and took down a pretty good sized tree that was in the middle of the new shop floor.
This is the tree to be downed.
First report from the guys was that all went very smoothly. (We have always preached to our children to be the first to tell us their stories as we will definitely hear them at some time or another, from someone we know-or even inadvertantly standing in line at Old Navy store at the local mall!) Second hand reports were that there may have been some falling branch near misses to the pool, bird bath, and standing workers! They really did a great job. More importantly, neither "Spousal Unit" nor our medical middle child and second daughter "Ray"had any emergency medical calls! I am now trying to convince the family men how great it would be to move the two remaining little "baby" trees to other yard locations. They are trying to convey to me how much manual labor that would involve!
Thursday:
"Spousal Unit" found out just how big our lot was today by mowing for the first time. I think he will be asking for a riding mower for his next birthday! He and "RG" loaded another trailer full of debris from the fence/tree demolition projects. And, today he met the Electrician that has agreed to attempt to decipher what all is going on at this house.
As you can see there are a number of boxes in the garage!
We are confident the boxes can be updated, and made safe. I am just not confident that my "Spousal Unit" will survive the bid for the work!!
Friday: Today we had the house rewired for complete alarm system. That was a big project. We are hoping our
technological skills will be strong enough to manage the system with addition of wireless/cellular! That could be an interesting challenge.
I began the day filling energetic, so I tackled moving the "baby red tree". Yes, I donned the work gloves and manned the shovel and got the tree moved. Due to a rainstorm, I will post a picture later of its new home.
"Spousal Unit" started demolition on the kitchen!
He liked that I had donned work gloves, so after the tree was moved, I became first assistant to taking down cabinets, and hauling off sheetrock/tile debris. The task was a little daunting due to sooooo many elements we found in the wall!
We cannot wait to get down to all the studs so we have a real idea of what the future room will look like! The big question yet to be answered is whether or not it is a load-bearing wall. That hopefully will be revealed with tomorrows work.
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