June 30th 2006

This is the bathroom before we removed all of those ugly checkerboard tiles.



It's amazing what you can do with a hammer and a crowbar. Or, in this case, it's amazing what my sister-in-law Judy can do.



Now we're getting somewhere in the bathroom.



Be sure you wear your protective goggles.



Mitch the Electrician!



If you tilt your head to the side, this is the remnants of the bathroom. Or, just tilt the screen to the side with a hammer and crowbar.



An escape hatch behind the commode! But where does that mysterious pipe lead?



This wasn't actually work on the house; it's merely the result of our drunken party beforehand.



Another lean-to-the-side pic. The passage from the kitchen to the dining room just...uh...got bigger. (I'll tell you about how Judy destroyed the neighbor's mailbox in another entry.)



Yes. Very nice now.



And getting rid of that ugly-ass tile.

June 27th and 28th

This is a band saw. Believe it or not, it was in the attic along with:

* several empty root beer bottles
* two electric motors
* boxes
* insulation.

The electrician was covetous of the band saw, so we let him have it.



A massive tree and branch grinder, used to grind the tree. It can grind the biggest trees, and almost ground the massive dead tree, save for parts of the trunk.



The grinder in action.



A very bad picture. This tree isn't rising from the ground, it's floating off the ground, suspended by a crane.



The range hood has been removed, and the wire to the hood is capped.



The two massive trees that obscured most of the front yard are now missing.



As you can see, the missing trees really open up the front yard. And they're working in the back yard, too! A neighbor was inspired to remove the creeping vines from the trees on his side of the fence.



What I look forward to after waiting all day on electricians and tree people.

June 26th, 2006

What used to be our dishwasher. As it turns out, the drainage hose is connected to the garbage compactor...or some such thing. Connecting a new dishwasher will be tricky.



This Magic Chef range is "digital" -- it has numerical dials that tell you the time. That was the definition of "digital" in the 1960s.



Believe it or not, the appliances are lower than the floor. What's going on here?



This ancient sink will be replaced by an Ikea fixture.



The painful process of removing wallpaper. I'm not halfway done.



Removing the range revealed this home in the drywall. We'll need patching, or Herbert the Rat will move in.



We had hoped to remove the trash compact, but as you can see, this diagonal brace is holding up the entire countertop. So it will have to wait.



This massive tree, leaning toward the house, might be...uh...dead. In one or two days, a ground crew will arrive to fell it, we hope.

June 25th, 2006

What's behind your bathroom cabinet.



We took the cabinet doors off, too. They were ugly.



This remaining kitchen cabinet used to have a track door, but now it's used for tool storage.



We haven't used any of this stuff yet, but we hope to.



Ruth is tired after stripping...the bathroom of wallpaper.



Someone has to take these pictures.



This bathroom used to have sliding shower doors. And now, it just has old caulk on the walls.



A wet Atlanta day.