Let me begin this post off by THANKING all of our wonderful friends again for this past weekend. Pj & I were blown away by their generousity and thoughtfulness. For the few people that I didn't tell, when Pj & I got back from our beach vacation, our wonderful friend Gary called to see what upcoming weekend would be open for some folks to come over to have a "workday" on our home! We sure did need the help, given Chicken Little is set to arrive in a few months...So it goes without saying that their timing was perfect-o. (Especially, since I haven't been much of the "stronghand" Pj has needed to finish the upstairs.) Pj instantly got started on ripping down all of the plaster in the last bedroom upstairs in preparation. Once this room is complete, we can add our final essential element upstairs, a HVAC unit. (*That means heat and air for the nursery.)
*BEFORE pics of the guest room*
*AFTER Pj's Demo...*
*Maybe I am biased, but Pj IS STILL so handsome, even covered in coal dust and plaster.*
*Check out the bird's eye view of the lathe/plaster pile out of the demo-ed bedroom. Take a guess at how much poundage this represents,Just take a guess! (Answer below.)*
*Brad, Russ & the Peej discussing the new closet layout... *
*Nick and Gary inspecting their work thus far.*
*Check out the cool attic dormers...What were dormers originally for?..Ventilation?*
P-dub & I were in charge of installing baseboards in the nursery. Check out Patterson rocking the nail gun below! We didn't have such luck with the caulk gun (besides our constant cracking up over the SNL/HGTV skit about "caulk", we exploded the caulk container. Who knew a "caulk gun" was such a sophisticated tool.
*The boys cleaning up after a hard day's work. Eric totally hooked us up with his painting skillz on the back of the house (sorry, I don't have a pic to show off his hard work.)*
*No more bags of plaster! It took two trips to the dump and two big trucks to haul all of the rubbish away. If you took a guess at the poundage...look at the next pic for your answer...*
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!! 2 TONS for ONE midsized bedroom!!
The day was very productive, we have a room totally wired for electricity, installation installed, drywall hung on the entire ceiling and almost all of the walls, a couple of windows prepped for reglazing, a back outside house wall primed and ready for paint, and our new baby's nursery has all of its trim ready for a second coat of paint. PLUS - Brit and Alison came over with yummy goodies, pizza, soda, beer, watermelon, cookies...and the most refreshing drink I have ever had, Lime-Aid infused with fresh mint! Plus, Anya sent over some great baby items we will definitely put to use in the near future. Thank you again to everyone who organized & helped out yesterday! (Gary, Alison & Maisy, Nick, Brit & Ian, Russ, Anya, Anastasia & Virginia, Brad & Patterson and Eric.) It definitely gave us the boost in our baby preparations. What a mushy heart-warming moment!!
When I was little, my mom had one of those Russian dolls on our livingroom bookshelves, and I would spend hours taking it apart, cuddling the tiny weenie baby inside in my palm, and then layering them back together. ..HOURS of entertainment. Anyhoo, I plan on making long drapery panels out the fabric for the forementioned light light light pink guest/sewing room. I can barely contain myself!!!!!!!!! (On a side note - was anyone aware of that fact that Ikea now sells fabric? NO CLUE.)
By the way, there were some really cool pillowcases available as well...I held off purchasing (for now). For ex: They have a guitar on one pillow, with the elect. cord flowing off of one case onto the other, hooking into an amp. 
