The garage begins

So much has been going on lately that a few things have fallen through the cracks, blogging and house cleaning included.

About 2 weeks ago, work on our garage (3 rooms downstairs, which at one point were a garage) commenced. The project has been looming over our heads since we moved in, but kept being put off by lack of time and effort. In my desire to not do the work alone, I kept waiting and asking for Adam's help in starting the project, but as he has been insanely busy lately with motorcycle business, repairing our own vehicles, and the car show, I decided the only way I was going to get my car in the garage this winter was if I started the project myself.

So that has taken the majority of my time the last couple weeks. I owe a huge thanks to my mom, Gail, and her friend Wanda for assisting in the moving/ripping and tearing process. We first had to clean the space out enough to work in it. Next we had to remove all the old wood paneling, trim, and take out several walls that blocked off the space that will be garage. Its amazing what women with motivation, hammers, and crow bars can do! Adam's grandpa came in the middle us working the first day and high-tailed it out of there as fast as he could. (He can't stand to see "good" wood thrown away. And by "good" I mean full of nails, and dings. Oh well. No more clutter in our basement!). Reduction in junk/clutter was made possible by 2 trips to the dump, costing $20 and $98! Oh well. Would have cost more for a dumpster.

We have gotten the majority of the clearing done. Adam's grandpa came over to remove some wiring for us, which Adam helped with, and Dad will be coming soon to take out the old heat so we can install a single blower unit for that space. After that we'll be able to take the last of the paneling and the last partition out to complete the shape of the garage. Adam can then work on the door part, and Mom and I can begin fixing the aesthetics, taping, binning, painting, etc. Finally, we have to have the majority of this all done before the end of October, at which time a few musicians from a group called Mosaic will be staying with us, as they are performing a concert at church. More about that in a later post.

Once again, I'm terrible about remembering to take before pictures. I really should have as that space looked atrocious before. But I'll definitely post some pics from now on.