Weekend #2 of Demolition

Neighbors across the street (our front walk)

Neighbors to the left (David and Erin!)
Neighbors to the right..to the very right is Will and Katie Middlecoff!)

Happy to be done for the day!

Okay, well I have to be honest, and this weekend I was pretty much nowhere to be found. I justified this in my head by thinking, and then saying to Matt that I was holding up another part of family duties....Christmas shopping. Although, I have to admit that shopping, even in Christmas crowds and crazy Memphis traffic, was much more fun than demolition. I further justified my absence by saying the crowds and traffic might have added to my productivity for the 2 hours of demolition that I DID put in the next day. 

Anyway, Matt did basically all of the demolition by himself this past weekend. He put at least 6 hours into the house on Saturday, and then Sunday, I took out a wall, or two, while he and David knocked out some others. It was a very productive weekend overall. I was impressed with how much is already done. I'd say we're 50% finished, now.

The last parts are pretty tedious, such as getting in between the window frames and lower moulding, and getting the tops of all of the walls. 

It's really amazing how hot you get knocking the walls down. I blame it on that crazy mask. I have to rip that thing off of my face and walk outside just to catch my breath. Matt and David haven't done that as far as I know, so I must be doing something wrong, or am really out of shape. 

Over Thanksgiving, we're hoping to finish up the demolition. We'll have an extra day off of work, so that should help us make some more progress.  Speaking of Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for all of the hard work that is going into this house. It makes it even more special.