Home "Improvement" my ass!

So, we're stuck in this hell of the project. Went to sand our shitty ass wall today. There are these seams showing through and no matter how much putty you put up, the wall is still flexing. So we decided to tear the damn thing down. Howly Sheat! Not only did we find the mother load of all shit piles...and I'm serious...rat shit everywhere. The wall is more Jimmy Rigged than a 1972 Ford pick up stuck together with duct tape. Oh, did mention why all the shit??? The damn mouse chewed up the house wiring and fried his little ass to death. All that I could find was a wet spot and some dust.

I'm not sure why or what the previous owners did. They have 5 by 1 boards running horisontally across the original studs. And when they put up the drywall, they didn't nail into those boards. In some spots, there were little chunks of wood used to "even up" the wall. DH even found railroad spikes so you know these people had even less of a clue than we do. *big sigh* So, we cut out the waterboard and nailed it in properly. Only problem is we're off by 1/8". At this point, I could care less. As long as we have a wall in the end, it's all that matters. So the damn wall is up, taped, puttied and hopefully tomorrow it'll still be standing. At this point we're looking at painting Friday morning...cutting it close to our Sat night party.

In the meantime, we've got a full day of other stuff tomorrow. We need to frame the window, put up the rod and curtain. We can also paint the trim in the garage. Oh, the lawn needs to be cut. And maybe I can do some party prep. Friday we'll paint and hopefully get the room back together...oh, and the house cleaned. I want to leave all day Sat for preping food. It's making me tired just blogging it...so I'm off to bed. Enjoy the sunshine. We had a great one today. Even made a trip out (between working) to the beach on the lake. SOOOO nice having a sandy beach 5 mins away.

Night night.
~B