Remodel Chronicles 31 May

This was our first of many hot and sweaty weekends working on the new house, and probably the easiest, since it was mostly destruction. The work really started on Sunday when the carpeting came out. The place already smells much less like an ashtray with it gone, and judging from the back of the carpeting, there was plenty of pet stain odor that was being masked by the glade spritzer devices they had in the house. We've pretty much filled a 20 cubic yard dumpster, and there's still plenty of wrecking out to do on the place. We spent some time getting Gigi's dog door fit to one of the doors in the house, and that made her feel a little more settled, though the poor pup has picked up fleas somewhere between the farm in Georgetown, the duplex where we're living, and the new house. She's had one flea bath, and will probably get another today prior to getting her advantix on her. The pool is filled and clean, though Chaz is having a hard time managing the pool guy. There's a few things where the pool guy is being pushy, and I don't think I've got the patience to put up with him screwing around with upsell stuff. Today we've both got our day jobs to do, and Bill and James are going to be at the house wrecking out more of the bathrooms. I'd like to have all the wreck out done by the end of the week in the 2 bathrooms, the den and the living room. Here's a quick walk through this morning on the way in to the office.