Dumpy McDumpsalot.

Ed wants to know 'Who you calling Dumpy McDumpsalot?!'

I'm thinking maybe we need to change our names to Mr. & Mrs. Dumpy McDumpsalot due to the amount of crap we unloaded from various RHN disassembling projects into the big green open-mouthed monster in our driveway. 


However, of course, that would mean we upgraded from Wrecky McWrecksalot because holy sheet!rock people! I seriously cannot believe the amount of demolition we have done to RHN. I have been trying to wrap my brain around the amount of work we have done to the hizzy and while it seems, in theory, to be a decent amount, the full 12 yard green open-mouthed monster proves that theoretical ‘decent amount’ to be a freakin’ ridiculous amount! So just for nostalgic reasons let’s do a run down of what The Wrecky McWreckalot’s turned Dumpy McDumpsalot’s have done:

• Wall air conditioner removal (along with various water logged pieces of holy sheet!rock and rotted wood studs – oh, right, and trees.)
• Took out the built-like-Fort-Knox front entryway closet.
• Sawzalled the pool into various pieces. (Oh dear lord! The stank that accompanied that removal was beyond revolting. Yuck!)
• Removed all ceiling fans from all rooms.
• Removed all poorly installed electric – and with that the fire hazards – in various rooms of the hizzy. Smokey the Bear would be proud.
• Removed all broken plumbing.
• Removed all mold and areas of sheet!rock that accompanied it.
• Removed all insulation in gutted areas as well as the mold stuff in the garage.
• Fully gut the kitchen. And when I say gut, I mean GUT. We took it down the studs and subfloor.
• Fully gut the bathroom and like the kitchen we gut this sucka down to the studs and subfloor.

Phew! We have done a lot of work since May - hence the need for a big green open-mouthed monster. So, my friends, just because I know you all LOVE some good photos, I will share with you the monster filled with RHN remnants by the Dumpy McDumpalot's and the cleared areas that no longer look as if we run a dump yard.

That is where the red tile from the kitchen was piled.  

What?! Where's the 'cest' pool? 

The deck grew! 

No more homemade redneck grill stand. 

Ed's beloved garage all clear. 

 Along with cleaning off the deck, clearing out the tile that was from the kitchen floor, the old countertop,cabinets, sheetrock, subfloor, and other miscellaneous pieces of crap we found many, many, MANY spiders and some were not the friendly type. My dad was picking up some of the old subfloor off the deck and saw what he called an alien spider - it was a brown recluse - and woah baby. It got Ed's boot treatment. In addition to the brown recluse we had at least 500 giant moths fly out at us. Seriously, it was like freakin' Albert Hitchcock was writing a movie on hidden camera. So gross. In the shed we have wolf spiders - we saw about 4 of them. You want to talk alien spiders - these suckers are HUGE!! We are talking the size of my palm (almost) and hairy and their eyes were big enough to reflect the light of my flash. I took pictures, but for the sake of wanting to keep my sister-in-law, Marilyn, and various other readers reading, I'll skip the show and tell. But Mar, when you come to stay - these are in the shed. Not the house. 

We bought our dryer! The long lost significant other that the washer was longing for is now accompanying his love in the garage. Awww, sweet appliance love. 

Sorry to interrupt this lovefest, but theres more! We purchased (finally) the trim kit pieces that finish off the recessed lighting in the kitchen, living room, and bathroom. They look awe-some! The height we gained in the kitchen ceiling feels like 20feet. It may have only been a foot, but for us giants, that's huge! 

In the bathroom, we took out the old fan/light/heater combo in the ceiling due to the warning from Will that it was a HUGE fire hazard. So we added a recessed light and a new fan to the ceiling and dad patched and painted it! We need one more coat of paint on there before we can install the finishing trim.

FAN!

So there you have it and I'm sore all over again just looking at all this work and lifting. I'll tell ya, those bags filled with tile and holy!sheet rock, and the water softener, and the old basement flooring Mandy and I tore up, and the cat-pee smelling closet drawers, and the kitchen countertop and cabinets, etc. etc., are all so very heavy, especially when you add the element of water...you know, rain? Ed and I began tiling the bathroom floor and I'm so in love. After that we build the vanity top and install the toilet. Then comes the monstrosity known as the kitchen. Le Sigh.