Sunday got us completely finished with the demo of the wall plaster. Think I got all the nails, but there's certain to be more. Still deciding if I want to rip out the ceiling. I'm positive that's where the loot is hidden. Sure would make doing the electrical and the insulation easier. Also got the pocket door ripped out, well at least the half on the kitchen side. First time we've even seen that door as it's been stuck inside the pocket since before we moved here! Been looking forward to taking out the sink drain, otherwise known as, 'The Slow Drain To Nowhere'... Finally got to do it today. I'll spare the details but, let me say these two things: 1) There's a really nasty reason why that kitchen drain was so slow, and 2) One should refrain from using a grinder when cutting through old iron drain pipe over one's head. That's all.
Hope I didn't overload the dumpster. Pushed it out to the street and it sure was heavy. Uh, oh.
Monday -- Too freakin' tired to do anything but heat and eat frozen lasagna. Glass of wine tonight and I'm going to sleep like a (choose a clever something; I'm too tired.)
Tuesday - They emptied the dumpster! Yahoo! Thought for sure I'd come home and find a full dumpster and an 'idiot note' from the city telling me to take some out.
Got the old flooring ripped out and all the nails pulled. Some may call it their 'knee', but I like to refer to it as my 'protruding floor nail detector' as it performs so efficiently in that function. When it detects a protruding floor nail, it emits an audible signal ('Ow, f__k') and displays red letting the operator know that another nail has been detected. God must certainly have been a remodeling enthusiast in order to have installed such a useful device into our bodies. I do believe it located every last nail.
Thursday - Ripped out the header over the entry in order to move it so we can make more room for the fridge. Decided against the little bar at the kitchen entry and opted instead to remove that whole section of wall to make the entryway bigger. Started to crawl under the house to rip out the 220 but there's a lake down under there and I got my feet wet to the ankles. Doggone winter storms. Why do we say 'doggone' anyways? My dog's still here.
Friday - Had to work late. Took the night off from remodeling. Got the camera out and started goofing off, which brings us to the question, 'Why are women so adamantly opposed to being photographed in the shower?'... (some may call it their 'face' but I like to refer to it as a 'flying camera deflector'...)
Saturday A.M. - If all goes as planned we will have the entry enlarged and the cabinets finalized this weekend.
It's cold in here!
... to be continued...
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