April 8, 2023
Week 6 and 7: Roof Tear Off and Driveway
Saturday
We honestly can't even believe we just tore this roof off. Even the kids were sad about this one as we just put it on 2 year ago and hauling all the roofing to the dumpster is still fresh in their minds. At least this time it was nice and cool outside but still :(.
Sunday
Sunday the rain rolled back in for a VERY wet Easter. Ugg what a mess. I'm trying to focus on being thankful for a non leaky roof over my head because this remodel space has quickly turned into a total disaster.
During the week we spent a couple evenings moving blocks again to give Jordan a little more space to work. He came back Thursday and Friday to work on grading the driveway. Oh and this was fun... on Monday we got a call from the fire marshal saying that because of our new square footage we're going to need to either add fire sprinklers to the entire house or bury a 16,000 gallon water tank and widen the driveway. Not sure yet what were going to do but either option is quite a twist. :(
Saturday
This weekend we tore the plywood off the roof and pushed down all the roof rafters. This was not my favorite week!!! On Friday after school Evie stepped on a nail, though we've been as diligent as possible about keeping everything cleaned up, and then on Saturday Brandon fell through the "ceiling" while working up in the rafters. He bruised his back and arm pretty good and scared the rest of us REALLY good. So thankful that he's okay and walked away with nothing more serious than bruises.
Jordan actually came by first thing Saturday to finish rolling the driveway and the kids got right to playing on it.
Lots of little mommies around here.
And Zoey got some love. Go figure!!
I think the kids are honestly getting a little bit tired of the demo but they're being good sports and still helping a lot not only with all the hauling but also with the littles. I had to laugh at dinner when we did best and worst Cooper said, "My best is getting a lot done on the house and my worst is SOOOO MUCH HAULING!"
Saturday evening we didn't finish up and start dinner until 6:00 as we needed to get all the rafters down and plastic put up because the stinkin' rain is coming back. The kids have become obsessed with the weather and every time they see rain on the forecast, which is daily, Sadie says "go away rain, nobody likes you, suck up into your cloud!" Oh the drama!!!! I tell you it abounds in this house.
Another 20 yard dumpster almost full.
We finished cleaning up the last of this on Sunday afternoon before heading to Eugene for Hadley's birthday party and thankfully the plastic held as we got a good deal of wind and rain overnight.
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