More "pre-demo" demo!

Well…. No removal of plaster yet and no dumpster sitting in the yard for demo yet either. So much for my big plans! Big sigh! I really want to start slamming my hammer into cracked plaster. But I need to be patient and do things in the correct order. VERY hard for me, to be honest! But with prior weekend commitments and the town we’re moving to is having its little festival the end of July (blocking off our street in the process) it makes more sense to have our dumpster delivered closer to the beginning of August. We’re only getting it for 2 weeks, so we need access!!

In the meantime we’ve spent another few days of cleaning up the yard, weed eating, removing stumps, power washing the front porch and general clean up outside. On the up side, all the radiators and pipes are now gone, as well. (Thanks Justin and Steve!!!!) But if we don’t get the yard under control, it will take a lot more time later in the summer to get it to a manageable state. So now is the time, in spite of the humidity levels right now.

By the way, another score on Craigslist, too! A decent 42 inch Craftsman riding lawn mower so we don’t have to pay someone to mow the rest of the summer! I’ll try to do a better job of taking “during” pictures, but sometimes you just get wrapped up in projects to complete and totally forget! Saturday would have been a GREAT time for a candid photo of me, actually!!! I was power washing the beautiful, but filthy front porch which was great since it was so hot. But the painted ceiling, columns and trim had been painted with lead paint, followed by latex over a dirty surface. Since it hadn’t been cleaned first, the latex came off in little fluttering sheets, covering me from head to toe!!! Another missed glamour shot!