Demo three days in

Hi everyone, this is Laura. 

Well, this has been quite the process.  We are three days in and we have already filled the dumpster past capacity with much more to dump.  Almost all the lathe and plaster are gone and we have found several artifacts like, a business card for coal delivery BY WAGON (yeah 1800's), Coors cans that must be opened with a can opener and SIX WEAPONS.  You can definitely see the progression of the house.  First it was a wealthy family who could live in the suburbs of Denver and then at some point transitioned into West Side Story house where a fight could break out at any moment.  I promise it is back on the up and up.

Here is the remains of the sliding doors dividing the formal sitting room and the rest of the house.

I must stay thank you to our good friends Ghis, Burke, and Tiff for helping us destroy our beautiful house.  Ghis we love to refer to as the porch demolisher, he took off our front, back, and back room porch thing.

Here is the back porch as Ghis analyzes the best way to take it down.

He is going for it.

I think it's going to go.

And gone.

Here is Tiffany pulling up all the tack, I hated that job. and Burke blowing out any wall he could find.

Thanks again to all who helped.

And the Demo begins!

Laura made quick work of the bathroom.  She took out the mirror, the tub, all the wierd framing and the six layers of drywall.
I couldn't believe it when Laura suggested that we move the shower away from the window so that it could be used for more "natural light".  She's such a hippie.
Here is the beginning of the end for the mushroom.
This is the only part of the house so far that has had the wire mesh behind the concrete.  That is nasty stuff.  I'm pretty much a HOSS in this pic.

Say Hi Guapa..."Hi Guapa"

Welcome to the first pic. of our Rehearsal Dinner.  It will be fantastic.  There are some seriously sweet posters and memorabilia at this joint--and they're going to serve Ornery Amber.  What more could you ask for?  Zachis can vouch.
We were told by one of those Dog Whisperer types that if you want your dog to get along with a new person or dog you should speak encouragingly and be excited about "meeting" a new friend.  Something along the lines of "Guapa, say hi!".  Laura and I get it and try to do it.  We almost always say, "Say hi, Guapa".  The comma is typically ignored and instead we have run into a steady stream of people saying "HI GUAPA".  The dog loves it.