Front Yard work

Did a little work in the front yard last weekend! Raked up all the dead stuff and pulled two little bushes out! Also pulled out the diveder and the watering system (which didn't work). This will look completly different in a few summers! Not all those flowers are going back in! 

Fall weekend, summer temps!

Welcome to our weekend! We spent ALL DAY yesterday outside (because we are at a standstill on the inside for about two weeks...hopefully). We cleaned up the yard outback--today we are doing a little bit in the front yard...but the clean water hose and sewer pipe and FEMA house that are on the front lawn...err front dirt...make it a little difficult to accomplish much. So, here is the progression of shed demolition from yesterday =) enjoy! 

Before we cleaned the shed out....

We are surprised the shed didn't float away! It is made out of wood (the base) and thes rest flimsy tin!  It wasn't even hooked to the ground by anything!!

See, nothing! Those are just cement blocks to help keep it level in the middle...

Sadie doesn't like the bobcat....she hid here the whole time.

Here are a few before, during, and after pictures of the back yard....

Chad was so nice, he let me mow the weeds down....but forgot to mention how to make the lawnmower self propelled....I got quite the workout mowing yesterday.

See the back fence now? We tore out the raspberry bush that was back there and Chad also got rid of the dirt pile that was back there. 

We still have A LOT to do back here.  There are a lot of waves and holes now so hopefully next weekend we can get the yard tilled and leveled.  We are planning on hopefully getting that apple tree removed sometime before the snow flies also!

Back to post..

Back to the post....

Chad's becomming quite the handy man.  Tool belt and all...  He put the last of the subfloor in so that is all done (except the bathroom and the back entry).  He's also poured quick crete and hung a door!  All of the firestops are cut and hung, all windows that needed to be boarded in are boarded in, and now we sit and wait for windows, HVAC, and electrical to come.....

 We firred out our walls so that we can put more insulation in....

 This was our front driveway the last few weekends.....

 looking in from the front door a few weeks ago...

He screwed the corners down and then went through 
with the nail gun...

All in all we've been busy.  Between Madison's baptism at the beginning of the month, work, work, work (which I have been leaving at school so my evenings can be productive with helping Chad where he tells me and doing other things), and trying to get SBA paperwork done.  

We are NOW IN THE FEMA TRAILER!!! Yahoo! We moved most of our stuff in on Saturday, however, the bed is smaller than the camper bed, so I've been on the floor quite a few times from Chad.  So, we are going to see if we can SQUEEZE the king in there and hopefully it'll fit without using the headboard/footboard.  HOPEFULLY!

I'll post pictures as soon as I get it put together.  My friend/coworker Alysha helped me go shopping for some necessities that we didn't get since I have no idea where they are packed at.  

Other than that, we are hanging in there!  I'll post some updated pictures later.

Thinking Thursday

Life has been so crazy the last few weeks (or maybe I just haven't been blogging because I have no internet at home).  Either way, we've been busy.  We've been to Milnor for Madison's baptism, working at our jobs, working on our home, and trying to stay sane.  No, we still aren't in that FEMA trailer that was delivered almost 2 weeks ago. 

I had to have a sub on Tuesday this week because I was not feeling well at all!  Laying on the couch in the camper I couldn't help but be in a glum mood.  I just kept thinking "I want to go home."  I know home is where the heart is, but it's getting harder and harder.  Don't get me wrong.  I (WE) am VERY VERY VERY VERY appreciative of the ability to take over my dad's camper for the whole entire summer and then some.  It just wears on you...a space that isn't barely wider than 6 ft and only about two car lentgths long.  It just wears on a person.  I miss the little things: being able to fill my fridge with vegetables, fruit, and leftovers, taking a hot shower after a mind boggling day at work, doing my laundry at home (don't get me wrong, spending an hour at the laundry mat to get ALL of my laundry done has been great, but it's just not the same),  being able to bake a pizza without overheating the house,  only having to go to the grocery store once or twice in a two week period of time, and as weird as this is: a regular toilet.  I know a lot of others have it worse off and I think Chad feels the same way about a lot of this, but, in the end, it still wears on you.

Sorry.

Sorry if we bite your head off or just don't want to talk about it.
Or maybe that's all we want to talk about somedays...




**I had a whole lot more written and somehow it didn't publish it when I hit publish and I'm too exhausted to sit and retype it all...so you'll have to wait for another day.***

Menards Adventures

Loading and unloading wood is a hard task, but, together, Chad and I tackled the project....I wasn't much help for the plywood. I couldn't help lift it very fast so my job turned into just getting it set up so Chad wouldn't have to bend over to pick it up. 

{house update} QUICK

Here are some pictures of the progress that has been made thus far! HUGE thank you goes out to my dad, Chad's parents, and Kevin for coming up this past weekend and helping us out. We got the subfloors pulled, part of the kitchen wall removed, most of the Kilz sprayed, all the wiring pulled, and the windows boarded up! We also got the water heater unhooked and out and same with the furnace and CA unit!  In the process of getting a furnace lined up and new duct work before the snow flies =) We got some homework from my dad and will work on that the next few days so it'll be ready when he comes back up in a few weeks. Windows scheduled to be in the last week of September and electrical scheduled to go in the beginning of October. FEMA trailer is supposed to be on our front yard ANY TIME NOW!!!! can't wait, they look really nice on the inside! Yippee!! Anyhow, just a really quick update on the progress. OH! Exterminator came yesterday because we have a bit of a wasp problem =) dang buggers stung me in the neck on Saturday and got my dad too! stupid wasps! He will be back today to spray again and then we will be throwing insulation and spray foam into their little home to keep them out!!!!!!

not finally

I dont get to be in my room all week, probably not even until Monday and that's only if the other classrooms pass the air quality test! Mine passed but its housing the tube that helps with asbestos cleanup, so I don't get to work in there. So, today I helped my teammate start her room and found SOME of my curriculum etc in the gym....not sure if its all there or not. So, this year will be a stressful start again as I probably will only have a few days to get ready before a possible open house and the first day of school.