Monday, March 2, 2015

DEMO IS A DONE DEAL

How can I summarize the gratitude, thankfulness and pure joy I'm feeling right now? I can't. I honestly can't find the words to describe the overwhelming emotions I've been having the last few weeks, and especially the last 2 days. This house thing is REALLY happening. I told a friend last week it still doesn't seem real, that the work and plans we've all been doing are for someone else's house, not ours. But it is for Colby and me, and I'm truly feeling loved and blessed and lucky and overwhelmed with happiness to the moon and back.

As of 3:50PM, Sunday, March 1, demolition was DONE!! Do you hear me? Are you reading this? As in every wall AND ceiling has been stripped down to the studs. All the flooring has been taken up. Tub, sinks and toilets, removed. And it has all been hauled out of the house. Do you have any idea how huge of an accomplishment this is?! We filled 2 dumpsters, and we're waiting for the 2nd dumpster to be picked up and a 3rd dumpster to be delivered. There is a giant pile of wood and lathe in the front yard, and every bucket and trash can we have over there is stuffed full of debris, sitting on the front porch waiting for the dumpster. That's an incredible amount of work for a group of people to get done in 14 hours. I've never seen anything like it - it was amazing to watch. We had on the average 15 or so people in the house at one time working together. Family, friends, high school students, friends of friends, quite an eclectic group of people. I think every age group and level of demolition experience was represented. To watch everyone work together was so awesome. And I mean people WORKED THEIR FANNIES OFF! People were willing to get dirty, take direction and do whatever it took to get the job done. I couldn't have asked for anything better. The whole demolition process went smoothly. No huge surprises and no major injuries, thank God. I'm still trying to absorb it all. To say our house will be built from love is an understatement!

I'll have pics soon. Just wanted to let everyone know things are moving along quickly and nicely on the house. A huge THANK YOU to every person who had anything to do with our successful demotion weekend. To say thanks doesn't seem like enough. I'm truly grateful to anyone and everyone who helped us get to this point. Today is a much-needed catch up day. Laundry, go through mail, order some supplies for Colby. He is getting labs drawn in the next hour or so. New nurse needs to get comped on equipment so he can start working here. Pretty sure Colby's high school buddies are coming over after school. Got to run.

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