This weekend, Michael's Landscapes friends are out pushing dirt around, making water drain in all the right directions! We had a friend bring in 40 scraper loads of dirt from my grandpa's field, and then it sat during the rain last week. We had sump pumps out in the yard trying to drain it out before the weekend!
They are managing just fine, sometimes even pushing a great deal of water straight to the ditch. They are bringing dirt up to the front, too, where we always seem to have a lake when it rains. We carved a ditch through the driveway, so you have to drive very slowly, but they have better plans! They're bringing the dirt up high enough to drain over the driveway!On the inside: WE HAVE FLOORS!!! Matthew and I removed everything from the walls to get ready for the drywaller to come this week. There are cracks everywhere from the lifting and almost every screw popped out, so it's going to be a bigger job than we thought. Then, painting! I have never let anyone paint for me, but this time we're having it done professionally. We have a friend in the business of painting and he's going to make it happen as quickly as possible. It's still really expensive, but he'll be done so much faster than I ever could. He's going to take my doors to his shop and do them up right. This is really hard for me, but it sounds like he's more of a perfectionist than me, so I should be fine. What a control freak, right??
Mom and I are going to soak down the wallpaper borders this afternoon, then the boys and I are going to hang some insulation in the doorway down to their rooms. We may have an electrician come out and teach them a little about wiring for their Boy Scout merit badge work.
Many of you have asked me to let you know when you can help, and believe me, I am not forgetting that!! It's been pretty hard on me, too, because there's really nothing that we can do! I've mostly been tied up with paperwork, but am able to help out here and there. It's really going to be an on the spot call for the cleaning. I don't know what the window will be, but as soon as the drywaller is done, I need to get everything cleaned up and wiped down before the painter starts. That could be a few hours or a few days, I just don't know right now. All I know is that I'm going to ask everyone that I remember offering help if it gets the painter started sooner!!
Anyway, I have to get going! A bulldozer broke down last night and my dad and his friend are on the way over there. If they're going to be working on a Sunday morning, I better get over there, too!
