Stinky feet

With each hectic day, late night or all nighters we accomplish I continue to believe it will be the last one. And every time I am wrong. Yesterday and the day before I was calling drywall finishers and trying to get some quotes. Two guys came out to the house and one guy was maintaining phone contact keeping me posted on his schedule. Yesterday around noon I get a phone call from Jeremy (drywall guy I'd had phone contact with) and he told me he had a short break in the schedule and could in fact start the house Friday (today). He said they would use a 'quick set' joint compound instead of traditional compound (that would require them to make several trips out to the house). Instead they'd do it in one quick sweep with the quick set, followed by joint and then Monday the guys would come in for one last sanding and he would texture. I couldn't believe my ears... Monday, finished drywall??? Woohoo! I researched quick set and couldn't find a whole lot but decided what do we have to loose at this point? I just want to get moved in. I called him back to accept the offer and started brainstorming how we were going to have the house ready in just over 12 hours. I headed to Lowes, got my lumber and cement board, picked up the boys and headed out to work around 5:30. And we worked all night. Finished up at 7:30 this morning when the guys pulled in. My feet were throbbing and I was pretty tired but so happy with what we'd accomplished. And I was so happy to be headed back to the hotel because the smell of my body odor was making me sick. I can't believe how gross I smelled. And anyone that knows me well understands that typically I stand by the fact that 'my shit don't stink'. Well this remodel job has changed me; I am now aware that I am capable of smelling like a 'sweaty wrestler' from time to time. And since I live in crocs most of the time apparently my feet can not handle being confined by my shoes anymore b/c I have a nasty "foot aroma" that will not leave even with a good scrubbing in the shower. YUCK!

Okay, I'm done grossing you out for the day. Here are some pictures I took the in the last 12 hours.

Most of the time I'm taking pics of Nathan working so I had Nathan take a couple pics to show that I actually am running power tools here. I am loving the nail gun!







































Here are some before and after of the closet doors. The closet is very shallow (maybe 14 inches) so we are going to put 96" high closet doors so we can access the whole closet and utilize the space. It will just be several shelves running across. It may look kind of weird but we need to maximize closet space. The pic of the board on the floor is covering the hole where the old chimney used to be (our secret passageway to the scary old cellar).






















Here's a photo of me trying not to look nauseous and exhausted after a night of smelling my incredibly stinky, hot body! (feel free to gag)

















This is all the stuff that had to be moved outside so the house would be clear for drywall.






























And the last of the photo's is the few I took this a.m. when the sun was coming up and the house was all clean :). I was so thrilled to be done at that point and so relaxed enjoying the fresh morning smell of dew and grass and listening to the birds chirp.