What I came home from work to...

We all like surprises every now and then, right?
... The conversation with my Dad went like this (I call home about 8pm Friday night while eating dinner at work).
Me "Hi Dad, what's going on?"
Dad "Oh,,, not too much"
Me "What'd you work on today?"
Dad " Oh you know, nothing much... I got a little bored today"
Me "WHAT? How could you possibly be bored?"
Dad "Well I kind of came to a standstill on the floor, the drywall needs little pieces, you know"
Me " Is there a hole in the wall Dad? Is there a hole in MY WALL DAD?"
Dad "Noo, no hole right now"
Me "Did you cut a hole in the wall today Dad? Did you demo something Dad ?"
Dad "Nope, no hole right now, I'll see you when you get home"
Me "You are so lucky I'm at work, I will see you tonight!"

When I got home this is what I saw, except it was dark and he had respectfully boarded it shut!

The old window was completely gone, shutters down. I had left my father alone in my home for over 10 hours.

I'm outback mowing the grass and I hear my Dad yelling for backup. He and Steven had cut "just a tiny bit in the side of the house for the new windows, could I come clean the boards up?" Not to mention work some magic on the inside of the house too. (Recall the living room had paneling so to fit the window we had to take down all the paneling on this wall, then comes drywall!)

For those of you new to home revamping a shop vac is a must have!

...What happened next I'll keep to my family and the neighbors...As the sun started to set tonight I walked two houses down and asked for lifting help from our neighbor. I joke you not, his family and the couple next door came walking down the road. Next thing I knew our man power had nearly tripled!The good news is the window is in place and just needs the trimming/shimming/finishing work!





...and if you turn 180 degrees this is what you see behind you!The living room is coming together, the floors are down, the new door is in place- the window is settling in and next step will be putting in drywall on the remaining two walls of paneling.


This weekend alone we got the window in, finished the floor and Steven seeded/fertilized the front yard in an attempt to grow grass that matches. That's a whole different topic for a different day!

Here's the jeep with the "yard things"

in the back!
Who said a jeep isn't a multi-purpose vehicle?!