Day 2

Back at it for the second day! We arrived at our house and dropped off our latest collection from The Home Depot, and went immediately to brunch at El Torito (it was Valentine's Day, so we thought we deserved some cheap champagne at 9:30 am, before we operate power tools).

Today was the Day of Drywall. We busted out our crowbars and ripped off the base moldings, and the 1/4 round they installed in the corners of each room so that they wouldn't have to finish the drywall properly, and the crown molding, and hung drywall. Again, a job we were terrified of due to everyone telling us it's so difficult, but we did it! We have more to do, but we got the bedroom and part of the kitchen drywalled, over the paneling (each room has a combo of drywall and hideous wood paneling to begin with).

I also took the time to spray about a gallon of cleaning products on to all the surfaces in the bathroom, as I am scared of what's in there. I found a plastic squeegee meant for glass doors left behind, and used it to scrape 1/4" of spilled soap and crud off the inside of the vanity cabinet. Gross.

Needless to say, my career as a Hand Model is over. I need a manicure, stat.

Tomorrow: More drywalling! Going to take a stab at mud & taping the drywall before we call in an expert (Uncle Dale?), and I am going to bleach the hell out of that bathroom. Goodbye, nose hairs.

One more thing: we realized that it is imperative for us to replace the window in the bathroom of the Main House. It looks like it's a type of glass that is supposed to be opaque from the outside, and maybe it's been installed backwards, because it is NOT completely opaque from the outside, and we got a little shower-show from the tenants accidentally.