Tired

I don't have as much time to do things at the new house as I'd like. Part of that is because I don't like taking the kids down there. They tend to get all hyper and run around in circles...much like a herd of chimps on meth. (I realize chimps don't run in herds, but I really don't care!)

Anywho, today I bit the bullet and took them down so they could see the progress. The entire front of the house is pretty much completely open, except for some 2X4s that will eventually be a real wall. My homework for the week involved scraping up more carpet padding and cleaning some boards by removing all the nails. The Man (contractor/friend/life coach person) left me a handy scraper thing on a pole. I handed some smaller, hand-held scrapers to the oldest two while I used the bigger tool. They had a blast. The oldest even called The Man to say "thank you for leaving stuff for us to do!" (They're weird kids...much like their momma.)

Needless to say, they had fun. The 5 year old was on broom duty. The 3 year old was on "stay out of all the nails!" duty. It worked fairly well-no injuries. I even coached the oldest 3 on the fine art of pulling nails.

Ahhh, PROGRESS!

Okay, it may not look like a lot to some. I'm pretty happy with the progress so far. I had the joy of pulling nails and ripping up carpet. Ah, pretty green carpet-How I'll Miss Thee!

So, wall between bedroom and livingroom is completely out. There are some boards down where the walls will be...Got a shopping list a mile long and I'm just itching to go to Lowe's and SPEND SPEND SPEND! Okay, the SPEND SPEND SPEND part is a bit of an exaggeration. I'm not that excited to spend money. I am excited by progress though :)


My shopping list...(I'm sure I've screwed up some of the actual items, but the man knows!)

250 ft roll o'wire (12-3)
250 ft roll o'wire (12-2)
Two 2x4x12 boards
Two 2x4x10 again, boards
Sixteen 2x4x8 studs (those are apparently boards as well...)
Three 2x6x 8 boards? studs? who can keep it all straight?!?!
104 sq ft of insulation
Five ceiling fan boxes
Ten single gang (crips? bloods?) recepticle boxes
Two 2 gang yada yada yada
One 3 gang and so on and so forth...

Before class tomorrow night, I get to stop by Lowe's and check out the windows. Ah...windows.
Now, the pics!


Bye Bye Wall!




The boards show where the new wall will be! Yep, front door will also go bye bye.




Other wall and closet. The black stuff is old carpet padding that I get to scrape up. Yay homework!




There's the green carpet prior to being hauled away. Good bye, old friend.








Most important...one of my MANY boo-boos! Notice the ripped up carpet in the background? All me, baby!