Living au natural...

Well it has officially been over 5 weeks since the start of this endeavor! I am thrilled and amazed at how much has been accomplished in these past few weeks actually. Especially as I look back over the pictures... Wow!!!!!! This brings us to the work that has been accomplished so far this week...

Monday the framer showed up. He is this older gruff and tuff guy... We will just call him"Gus" ;). He is a rather cranky curmudgeon, but very sweet ;). I greet him every morning with a sweet tone and he kinda barks back at me! It's funny! But I guess that is our dance! He reminds me of my grandpa! He came in and peeled back the ceiling all the way back to the rafters. Weird! My hubby helped "Gus" and our guy pull up all the flooring and knock in the rest of the drywall in both our room and in the boys existing room. When I got home there was nothing left but studs. Such a strange feeling. Our bathroom was still in existence... When I left for work... When I got home we knocked out the rotten tile for the shower and since all the studs had rotted out it was just OPEN to the outside. Also there was a lot of water rot in the wall between the bathroom and bedroom so they just took it out! CRAZY! So you walk into our room and the bathroom is open not only to the outside but also to the bedroom which also is completely OPEN to the outside! So now there is no longer floor tile, not longer a shower pan or tile and no longer even a sink ;(. just a poor lonely toilet! It works tho!!!! So that's good! But who wants to use the can for EVERYONE to seeeeee? Ewwwwwww 

Tuesday, "Gus" put up some plywood around our potty so we can use it with privacy! ;) so sweeeeet!!!!  They continued to pull back all the ceilings and clear out all the nasty insulation! My sons Athsma is really acting up tho ;( poor baby! All the little dust and fiberglass particles floating around is doing a number on my youngest's breathing and my sinuses!!! Not fun! I have banished him to my autistic sons room because it is a safe little bubble in the house. The is no construction going on in there. Sleeping in the front room is killing my poor hubby ;(... He doesn't sleep well unless it is pitch black. And with the boys all sleeping in the next room there are all sorts of noises: snoring, snorting, farting... You name it!!!!  Also a bunch of wires had to be cut ;(. I have no electricity in the one fully functioning bathroom... The lights in the kitchen aren't working, limited electricity in my sons room, none of the outlets in the garage are working either. This part is NO FUN! ;(

Wednesday, this morning the electrician was at the house with "Gus" and our guy and my hubby. And I learned for the first time that we are getting a new vaulted ceiling in our room!!! Woo Hoo!!! So excited! Also learned that we can push the piping back in our bathroom's shower 3-4 inches!!!! That shower is so little so any extra space is a plus ;)! I am excited. To see what happens today more pics later!