crazy...

Just wanted to say, this weekend was crazy and exhausting. On Saturday we showed up at the house around 9:30 - 10:00 am and started working. We ripped up the carpet in two rooms (the sitting room and our room) the other day.

So Saturday we began the long process of pulling up tack board and pulling staples out of the ground. Luckily my father came over and helped on Saturday. Saturday night we started to sand the floors. First we did a first pass with 36 grit paper. This was to take the paint off some previous tenants had put down. this is not a quick process as I was not done until 2:00 am.

Sunday after what little sleep Lindsay and I got I was back to the house around 1:00 -1:30 pm. upon arriving at the House I again began to sand this time by hand. before the next round of sanding this time with 60 grit paper we hand to fill in crack with a mudding type of compound. Again fortunately I had my father helping. Also by this time my older brother Lee and Sister-in-law Miranda and my nephew Dylan came over to help. Lee and my Dad did most of the mudding and troweling. Dylan was out front racking and filled close to 5 bags with just leaves. After the mudding was done it was back to sanding.

In all it was a very good and productive weekend. We got the sanding completed. Dad and Lee also cut down part of a tree that was dead. The front lawn looks great (thanks Dylan) and started getting some inside cleaning done.

There is no way we would have gotten done if we didn' t get all the help that we did. thanks again everyone.