Day 72 April 27

The cement stones were for high spots

Let there be floor!!!! It looks beautiful! David and Ben kicked ass and got as much done as they could. When I left for training, Ben had arrived and him and David were already breaking into the flooring boxes, getting measurements and making cuts. It was going to be a perfect day outside so we had taken the table out on the deck and that’s where they set up the table saw to make cuts. Did I mention it was seven in the morning? Ben is nuts and David and I couldn’t love/appreciate him more for that :o)

Ben had to leave around 1:30 and after that David pretty much crashed. By the time I came home around 2:30, I found David on his hands and knees in his boxers wiping down the planks where there were glue smudges. He looked and sounded exhausted. He said he was tired from the beginning so to get through as much as they did he was pleased. They got about ¾ of the mudroom and kitchen space completed, and came out a little into the dinette. They went through one pale of glue and little of the second, so my only concern is how much more we’ll need. I know the second won’t be enough, but hopefully we’ll only need one more total.

After David cleaned up a bit he tried to continue to work around the yard. I say “tried” because every movement was preceded by “OH! Ouch! Grunt…owwww!” So after I installed our new printer, I forced him to at least take a load off and lay down a bit since we were having friends over that night. Initially he was resistant but once he was off his feet he was soaking in the moment. The rest of the night we hung out with friends, grilled burgers, and got back to burning our pile of 2x4s and drywall in the back. It was definitely more successful that our last attempt, but I still don’t think it will be gone by morning. Rural/hill billy lesson learned, it’s not worth it to try and burn drywall. Just throw it in the garbage! 

We've completed 4 seasons in our home :o)