Things that would be better explained through pictures

I know I said I would take some pictures of the house after cleaning most everything up but I did not get the chance because I stayed in Columbia last night and haven't had the chance to take any of the pictures ... I will try to get on that tonight. In the meantime, here are some things that I learned this weekend:

• There is only one layer of brick separating me from my neighbor (as evidenced by the hole in my wall where I can see into the next house)
• There used to be a second (or first, but in a different spot) fireplace in my living room
• The stairs used to divide the room and be perpendicular to the length of the house instead of parallel
• There used to be pink walls and the carpet on the stairs also used to be pink
• I think I should completely take out the second floor and re-level it (is that a term?)
• Golf themed birthday parties include a lot of argyle
• Dust and debris finds its way into every room even when you try to close them off
• I have a lot of cleaning up to do
• My house will be how I want it around 2012 and I am OK with that

I'll try and get the pictures up tonight to show the awesomeness that is my first floor.

Today

Got a lot done today, finished up just about everything I wanted to accomplish with my house, will take some pictures tomorrow and post them. Won our BSSC football game 21-20. Now I have to head to Columbia and then buy a tennis racket for someone's bday then come back and go to a golf themed party ... oh, and I need to find my passport (from when I was 16 or so) since I lost my license ... needless to say, this should be an excellent evening.

By the way

F the Terps and their inconsistency. That's all ... goodnight.

I thought this day would never come

I am sore and don't feel like typing ... so I will just show some pictures.

My salvation

My living room @ 10:30 AM

Before lunch (with a shot of Dad taking out some debris)

After lunch (with plaster dust for good measure)

After tearing down the ceiling

Both his mask and my arms began this day white

That's all I took pictures of because I lost the ability to think after inhaling 90 years worth of black dust. I'll be up bright and early tomorrow to do some more and will try and remember to take some more pictures.

Third Guest Entry

Hi kids! I'm back, that's right, your favorite guest star of this here blog. Now before I start let me say how bothered I am that neither of my two previous posts have received a much deserved comment. It hurts people! Real bad. Despite the hurt, I still come back for more...isn't that the essence of life?

Anyway, today I walked into a mine field (aka this house) it was all sorts of crazy. You seriously can't walk in here without getting the Black Lung...think Zoolander (I've got the black lung, Pop!) I don't even know if that quote is right, but close enough. It was quite disshovelled when I came in and ironically enough we used shovels to lessen the disshovelment (yes that's a word)...so it makes me wonder, what is something that was disshovelled, but was shovelled, so now it's...? Think about that one kids, it will haunt your dreams. This is a perfect point to comment and share your thoughts, BTW.

Also we saw Xack and Miri make a Porno. Pretty good flick. This weekend, if you're not doing anything, round up the kids (hey, elementary schoolers are talking about sex now a days, and they may as well hear about it in the theatre then from their dirty friends) and go see the movie. You'll get a good laugh out of it.

That's it for now...pictures to follow!

There goes Trivia night

So I start my new/second job tomorrow night. I have been looking for a second job for a while but needed something flexible and this job seems like it will fit that description. I am hoping to get some extra money to help with the bills but it will suck losing two nights that I would have previously been able to unsuccessfully work on my house. I am also sad that I won't be able to watch the Terps play V-Tech tomorrow night but am happy Florida State lost last weekend and will probably lose this weekend too. I also need Wake Forest to lose to UVA ... lets make that happen.

Breaking and Entering

I just went outside to get my mail and literally had to block a stray cat (more like a kitten) from running into my house. It didn't stop at one attempt either and it wasn't being suave about trying to get around me ... it ran right into my leg and bounced back off my stoop then looked at me and trotted away.

Of course, if the cat did get in my house it would realize that I haven't turned on my heat yet and have zero insulation so my house is sitting right around the 58 - 62 degree range depending on the day (got as low as 54 a week or so ago) and would immediately try and escape.