DRY WALL GOES UP

    Today the sheet rock installation begins.  Donnie, Wallace and I spent all last weekend adding the last bit of blocking, clearing the house of ALL our property not nailed down, removing a few architectural pieces of trim that had been nailed down but would be difficult to replace, and sweeping and vacuuming.  A LOT of sweeping and vacuuming.  We want any mess created from this day forward to be the responsibility of the contractors to clean up and this way there is no mistaking...."Who made the mess?"  In addition, we understand that sheet rock installers work with reckless abandon.
    Sheetrock will be glued and screwed (as promised by the contractor).  I am eager to see the progress later today.
   
* Note:  I have printed out the text of this blog February 26, 2011 through today.  I will put it in a tin along with some photos of my family and the project thus far.  It will be closed up in one of the walls in our house on Hawthorne Avenue.  Perhaps one day, in a hundred years or so, someone will find this 'time capsule' of our renovation adventure.  It has been a fun one and I am confident it will continue to be!

Continue to check back here  (http://fairytoon.blogspot.com/) readers.  This leg of the journey comes to a conclusion but the trip continues.  Oh what a trip!
 

"GOOD USE OF AN S.A.T. WORD, MOM"

Anytime I speak a word more challenging to spell or define than those in my 1st grade reader....

Ann ran.

A man ran.

A ram ran.

....my son has been known to say, "Good use of an S.A.T. word, Mom!"

    This renovation project has expanded my vocabulary.  Some of my newly acquired vocabulary have been made up words like fairytoon.    Learning new terms for tools (A sawzall is actually a reciprocating saw ),  and parts of a house ( 'Dash' is not only a punctuation mark or something reindeer do , and 'flashing' is not only something streakers do ) has had a positive effect on my vocabulary.  Hearing some of the subcontractors converse among themselves has, on occasion, offended my ears.     

    I hope to continue expanding my vocabulary in a positive way.  It helps being able to speak the language when you are in foreign territory.  It makes communicating with contractors, construction crews, and salesmen in the building trade one heck of a lot easier.

Is it WEBSTER'S ? Is it WIKIPEDIA ?

No, it's WALLACE!


fairytoon  :   NOUN    :

a. a story in which improbable and comedic events lead to a happy ending

b. a combination of a fairy tale and a cartoon

Examples of FAIRYTOON

1. Over the course of seven months, Wallace and Carlie put in contracts on 2 different houses but fortuitously withdraw or are denied which leads them to a neglected house on Hawthorne Avenue.  It's a fairytoon!

2. Early in the demolition process Wallace discovers that various wildlife has had free reign of this house on Hawthorne Ave. for some time.  Wisely, he bans his wife from the premises as he  safely and meticulously removes carcasses, nesting materials, waste matter, and debris found beneath the plaster walls.  He prepares the house for a thorough cleansing, tight insulation, re-plumbing, rewiring and a major facelift in order to make this house a home.  What a fairytoon!

Origin of FAIRYTOON

January 21, 2011 :

After 2 or 3 beers Wallace misspeaks while describing his self proclaimed  idealistic life with an adoring wife and 2 beautiful and always obedient children.