Well, I have to say, I love the heat. Sorry to those who hate it. Always have been a summer girl. I have been amazed at how much water I have been drinking however. I can normally drink one bottle of water a day in addition to other normal drinks for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, etc and be perfectly hydrated. But I have actually been "downing" an entire bottle in one sitting in like 30 seconds out in this heat, I have impressed myself. LOL. Seriously, though, I sweat so bad that my clothes are as if I jumped in the lake... it is HOT out there. So if you are thinking about a weekend yard project, be sure you are staying safe. No joke!! I will put a lecture up here about heat stroke if I hear that you all are out in this stuff and are not taking precautions. :o)
Anyway, had to let the health educator out for just a minute.... but on to the fun stuff... since you last heard from me, we tore off a majority of the sun porch, removed a door, I had a mess to clean up, and we dug the holes for the piers under the house that I have to build. ... a very dirty job, as you can see in the pics :) Oh yeah, and I found out today that... good news: I have water running to the house (saved me $350), but bad news: the pipe is broken. So I will do some more digging in the dirt on my belly at some point in the next few weeks... should be loads of fun (I am definitely being sarcastic on that one!). But here are the pics...
so first we tore of the shingles. They came off in huge sheets because they were not put on properly. (and don't mind Brian pulling up his pants... LOLOLOL!) Then we took up the sheeting.
next, the rafters came off and the door came out. By this time, I was on the ground throwing the shingles in my truck to go to the landfill.
then the walls came tumbling down... wait, isn't that a song?? anyway :), I'm saving any salvagable material as I go to save some money. So we'll re-use the door on the back of the house that will eventually have a deck on it and the sheeting and other boards that didn't have 1,000 nails in them will be re-used as well.
And just in case you thought I was kidding about this being dirty work... before and after a shower:
Hey, I guess I could have found an all natural tanning method. :)
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