Day 2 - "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"

My contractor told us that yesterday would not be very productive so imagine my surprise when I arrived home and found my sinks and most of my cabinetry thrown unceremoniously onto the back deck.  I was thrilled!  Destruction reigned, and it was glorious.  I can't wait to see what tonight brings.  I really should be posting pics but I'm still a neophyte at this blogging and just don't have the time to fool with it right now.  Maybe later. 

Of course, Mr. D actually looked pleased and completely jinxed us by saying that maybe we will be back into the house sooner than we thought.  Um, hold up Sparky, it's only the 1st day.  Demo is easy, infrastructure and sheetrock are not. 

The dogs are adjusting to life very nicely and it's pathethic how thrilled I can get over a dog pooping outside.  I mean, I didn't want NNBD to explode!  Or worse, go inside.  I did realize how spoiled I was at home with being able to let the dogs roam freely in the backyard.  My friend's home only has a deck and no fence so dogs must be walked on leash for every outing.  They always get morning walks which are no biggie.  But at 5 pm and 8 pm, it's 100 freaking degrees here!  I was pretty much a sweaty, disgusting mess by bedtime. 

Looking forward to holiday weekend although we had to scrap our annual 4th of July party.  (Hmm, maybe we should have had a demolition party and saved some money.  "Here's a beer and hammer, get to work!"  On second thought, maaaaybe not.  I doubt our liabilty insurance could cover that nightmare.)  Instead, we are going to my friend Sara's neighborhood party to hang out which should be a blast. (Shout out to the   wattshometeam.blogspot.com !)

So far, so good.  Cheers for now!

Day One of House Remodel or "With a little help from my friends"

Well I haven't been inspired lately, mainly because I've been too busy reorganizing my life in anticipation for this remodel.  We are only doing the master bedroom, bath and adding a laundry room, 1/2 bath and porch so I guess it could be much worse.  And today, it began.  I felt a small sense of pride when the contractor said he was impressed we had cleaned it out so well, down to taking the light bulbs.  (Don't judge - those damn energy efficient things are expensive!).  And demolition starts tomorrow....I'm a wee bit frightened.

This morning was obviously stressful just being a Monday and Mr. D being on call tonight.  However, I could not imagine how stressful it could have been if we had not had a great friend offer us lodging for two months and who lives 1/2 mile from us!  Amazing!  I'll call him Heinz (because he loves all things German- not in wierd Nazi way, more like a "he loves great beer and German food and can speak the language" kind of way).  This is great because SBG adores Heinz and it's mutual (it helps if you say like Teri Garr in Young Frankenstein).   NNBD....well he's an acquired taste. And when it comes to changes in routine, dogs are not always cooperative. NNBD refused to "go" after three attempts.  Ugh!  So it was kennel time for him this morning, and I feel like a bad mother.  So we'll try again at lunch.

Not only is Heinz a great roomie but he also met the Salvation Army truck for a pickup at my house today so I didn't have to leave work at 10 am.  Wunderbar!  Of course, I like to give us some props as roomies too, we did buy him new bed linens for the guest room (okay, that was purely selfish but he can keep them!). 

So this blog might get off topic (wait, there was a topic?!) a bit while I chronicle this part of our DINK's journey but maybe it will be, not only cathartic for me, but useful for any future followers. 

Auf Wiedersehen!

P.S.:  I have decided to title each post of the remodel updates with titles of Beatles songs.  No real reason other than I clearly have too much free time...and I will try to refrain from the easy ones like "HELP!"