And he wonders why he hurts!

On Friday, Dale came home and said that he was tired and couldn't figure out why.  His next sentence was, "I broke the crow bar today".  Geeze, I wonder why he hurts!!!!!

Building-front #2 was completed on Saturday with the help of our good friend, Al.  What would've taken three days for Dale to build was completed in one day.

I started removing plaster from the alley building on the stairway wall.  This is the building where we changed the first store-front.  I had to quit at noon to go home and take a nap.  Al and Dale were using the big ladder so I wasn't able to finish (not that I was even physically capable!).

My goal was to get the gold removed, but I just ran out of steam.

Trash was removed and now another pile begins.  

Remember... this is where all the ceiling tile were piled up!

This is the first wall that I removed the plaster.  The wood is finally drying out on the left side from the leaky sink upstairs.

The ceiling tile and grid have all been removed.  The ceiling looks different on the right and left sides because there is ceiling stripping on the right where the extra ceiling was fastened.  The white walls are peg-board that will hopefully be removed in the next couple of weeks.  

This picture was taken with my back against the wall of the building front we just changed.  I don't think I have this shot in previous pictures.  

The wood panels on the bottom of the windows will be removed.  They're there only to keep people from easily accessing the building through the plastic.

Amazing Progress!

I'm leaving town more often!  Major progress in 3 days!

Ok... so I'm frustrated... I can't get these pictures to move around so I'm just going to post them.  I'm back home and would rather spend time talking to my hubby than trying to figure out the blog.

Enjoy!



Another building front removed with the help from our good friends at J&J Glass!

If I had a hammer...

Spent 9 hours hammering the plaster off the stairway wall.  The good new is that instead of the lathe we were expecting, it's more of a tongue-and-groove material.  As you can see, this will now require removing the plaster from the grooves with a screwdriver.  That'll have to wait...  I'm so tired.

The left side of the picture is the stairway wall that I'm working on.  The ladders are in front of the brick wall where Dale is working.  As you can see, he has completed one section!

Halfway there!  See the darker wood on the left?  That is wet wood.  And how did it get wet?  Well, remember the kitchen I cleaned a few weeks ago?  All that water I sent down the sink ended up on this wall.  :(

You can see by the  lighting that it is night time.  We completed the entire wall except the small section behind the green ladder.  For some reason, this section was very difficult to remove.  At 6:30 p.m., we called it quits for the night.

Screwdriver work for another day!

This is in the same building as the new store-front.  Out of eight bathrooms in the building, this is now our only functioning bathroom.   Well.... you have to pour a bucket of water down the toilet to flush it.

The enclosure is ready for glass and a new door!  This may be revealed to everyone by the end of the week!