Construction Central Day 1

This has been a hard post to write.  I don't know why.  Maybe because the day I have looked forward to and dreaded the most has arrived - demolition.  It's been written on the calendar for months, we have packed things up, baked and frozen food, purchased items, donated items.  But I guess a photo says it best.

What is behind Curtain No. 1?

Wait for it, wait for it - This - Demolition at the Havens household.

FYI, as my husband says, the plastic is up as a deterrent to dust.  Between you and me, I'd hate to see how much dust there would be if we didn't have it up there, because there is a LOT of dust.   Now, you may ask, where did we put all the trash from the demo?  Well we handle this in two ways, one we put it out for bulk trash at the beginning of every month and two we hit the dipsty dumpsters (construction rolloffs) in the dead of the night.   It's always interesting, I ride shotgun as the lookout and Paul dumps stuff in.   Now maybe it is poor form to do this, but like Home Depot we always stack it neatly.  So remember DIYer's, if you are going to use somebody else's rolloff, because you are too poor or cheap to rent your own, stack it neatly and plan to patronize the business that you stick stuff in. 

Unfortunately, I did not get to help demo the kitchen to get rid of some of my inner anger since I was at work.   I did however, help carry stuff out to the trash and the car for the "run for the border" as my husband says.  And it was bloody hard to carry it through that slit, I can tell you.