I'm pretty exhausted so I'll be brief. I didn't want to put off posting though, because Rob and Ken are coming tomorrow and some real work will begin... I should have lots to talk about tomorrow.
First thing I did today is finish that basement clean-out. I hate to leave something half finished, plus we may need the space to store wood and tools starting tomorrow. The garbage men came on Monday and took an enormous load away... so today I got the last few pieces of yucky furniture and cabinets out. Also loaded up some wood in the truck for my fire pit and some more metal stuff for my scrappy friends. There was a handicapped lavatory also - no idea why that was there - which I took to the Habitat for Humanity resale place on the way home. The basement really seems big now that it's cleaned out - see the sink over in the corner? It's an old three bay sink, maybe soapstone, with cool iron legs that you can't see. I'm sure it's original to the house.
I gave Roscoe his first shower of the day and we moved inside. In the dining room I hung up these curtains I actually found at the thrift store yesterday - it's hard to believe how perfectly they fit this window. The curtain rod is made of pieces and parts I had at home. This is a nice window, but the building next door is kind of ugly, and has some leaky and precariously balanced AC units on that side. The dining set you see was left at the house, so I'm using it for a work table and seating during the construction process. I'll probably give it away at some point in the future.
I pulled out the stove and moved it into the sun porch by the front door - it's listed on CL and I hope to sell it. No luck today on that. I also moved a couple of cabinets out of the kitchen that weren't even fixed in place, to get ready for the demo that may start tomorrow.
Then we moved on to the upstairs. I brought down the last of the gross furniture that was up there, and threw most of it on the trash pile. One piece remains on the front porch though, since Roscoe thought it made a nice place to sit during lunch break. I am not so brave, and sit in the green chair I brought from home. A few more bags of trash came down, and then I swept and vacuumed. I was making great progress until I lost my grip on the shop vac coming down the stairs and had to vacuum everything up again at the bottom. Ran over the floors up there with a good Lysol mopping, and voila! No more remnants of strange people and their cats (don't ask).
Balance Forward: $292
$4 electric canopener
$6 four perfect yellow tab-top curtain panels
$5 towels (pink for the beach!)
$2 salad spinner
$2 shower curtain
$3 storage basket
Remainder: $270
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