Worker Bees' Sleepover

My sister and I spent the first night in the house and kept "The Beast" company. There is no heat functioning yet, (on schedule for next winter), but we had a portable heater in one bedroom and I cheated by bringing my electric blanket. I offered to share half with my sister but she likes her house to be a cool 60 degrees at night even in the winter and does not like blankets. I was warm and toasty. I believe it got down to around 37 or 40 degrees outdoors the night we camped out. We did not hear a mysterious, deep voice ...in the house.... in the night ... say, "GET OUUUT!" so we figured the house loves us.

Spending the night at "The Beast" was very productive. Not having to drive an hour to get back home was great and it allowed us to work all day, plus get up and continue with the tasks the next day. We pulled down most of the sunroom ceiling, which was leaky and icky. I removed the rest of the carpet from the main staircase. My sister, "el Destructo," ripped off all the ugly paneling in the back stairwell. OH, we also ripped out all the carpet, ugly bathroom paneling and vinyl tiles that were in the upstairs bathroom. The bathroom is totally naked now and ready for redo. We succeeded in removing the entire Franklin fireplace structure, (and it was a gas burner....NOT a wood burner), and removed most of the structure they had built around the original chimney in the kitchen. The last job we accomplished was ripping all the ugly carpet and linoleum off the kitchen floor.

Rick the Roofer told my sister.... "go ahead, toss all that stuff in the dumpster," when she asked him if we could use the dumpster for all the crap we had yanked out of the house that was in the garage. The offer to use part of the dumpster was probably the reason we worked so hard to get all the other stuff out of the house I wanted to remove. I sure hope Rick can fit the rest of the roof shingles into the other half of the dumpster because we used a really good half of it up. If not, the roof will cost me a few more bucks, OY.

I'm not mad though. Using the roofer's dumpster will be a lot cheaper than ordering one later. His dumpster cost at 475 for the whole load is much cheaper than mine would have been per weight if I had contracted with my waste management peeps. So, it all works out.

So, after three good working days we got a lot accomplished. My sister is such a worker bee. My sister thinks destruction is fun and she takes few breaks.

I probably won't do anything on the house again until next week Wednesday. My bestest friend, Willie passed through today from Little Rock and is on his way to Chicago to check on his mom. He and I may drive out to "The Beast" so I can show him the roofers' progress when he comes back this way tomorrow. But, I am not lifting another tool until Wednesday. My sister's enthusiasm wore me out.