Slow Progress and Pain

     We still have not got the hole in the wall closed up yet. My hubby tore out the pine flooring so that we could save it. What we found under that was a nightmare; warped pressed board that had seen its day since it was first installed on the trailer in 1975. We found old linoleum under the boards in the hall way. There were bits and pieces of plywood around the wall area by the bath and at the back door. Not much more to support anyone. We even found an old air duct for central air under it. We were measuring the room from one part of room to , the other to see what would be our best route for buying new plywood when I stepped on a very soft spot that almost gave way. Funny thing was my hubby just told me it was fine to walk on. Wasn't much more time later when he was measuring  in about the exact place and went on through the floor. I was gasping when he did too because he caught the board  square center.  All I could think was we were going to the hospital.  He was howling to help him up, but I was so afraid to step out too. I stayed near the edge with the plywood and it was a far reach to help him. This ended the work day for both of us. Thank goodness I had been working in the living room  with the girls all weekend long trying to get them out of my living room.

Bruise

      On Saturday, we moved boxes of books and folded clothes and packed up whatever we could to crates to make a makeshift bed for the girls. Then we cleared out my office area in the back part of the living room  and swept and mopped everything down good. In the process we uncovered a mouse nest under the old file cabinet and the mouse went a running across the room. The girls were chasing it up and down the many crates stacked  in front of the china cabinet. They wanted to catch it and make it a pet. Sorry girls not today.
     After the girls went home on Saturday night, I sat in my massage chair to unwind. I went to bed dead tired too. Sunday was a great day for worship and after we had plans to get that floor covered and try to get the wall up. I worked  on the living room for a little bit and finally got it back to the order it was before the storm.  The girls had a new space to sleep and not on my coffee table and bench anymore. They even made a sign on their chalk board to say they had a new room. That was right before the whole mess started. I had just  stacked my office supplies in the laundry room  and the bottom box gave out and every thing went crashing. I was too tire to give a hoot.  Fortunate all that spilled was the hundred pair of scissors I had.  Then I went in to help measure. Not much has happened since then. I had school the next day and pop is still feeling the pain.

Cooler Weather is Welcome as the Seasons Change

Backdoor almost completed

     Fall is here and the weather is finally cooling down enough to be able to stand being in the outdoors without melting. It has been an almost non productive summer and that was not the way I expected it to go. The ship we were expecting did not sail the way we thought it was suppose to sail also. With that being said it will be a very frugal remodel and at best the new roof  and floors will be the major part of the plan that will be making the grade.Hopefully enough money to rebuild the outer walls on the trailer that are beyond repair. Not near enough money to fix all the bad windows and  much of the older parts of the house that is in dire need of face lift. Time will tell how much of this project will come to its final path but I can only hold out hope that we can maybe accomplish things as time goes by.

     So many other things need  to have priority before my car can be added to the list of fixes. One thing for sure the drive is a major must as we just put a hole in the oil pan on the other car. It is fixed now but low rides have no business climbing this ole hill.

     I have been doing a lot of small creative projects for the house's decor over the summer in hopes that it will create a theme throughout the whole house when all the painting and rearranging gets on the way. I do know the kitchen will be moving for sure. With the new backdoor installed it is far easier to get there without having to go all the round about way.

     I have done a lot of cleaning and ridding of all the old stuff no longer in use, which will make moving rooms simpler when the time comes. Until then we are still waiting for the money to finally come in and we can only hope for the best.

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