Day 275 to 281-June 2-8, 2013

     Pop and I headed out to Santa Rosa in the camper.  For six days we worked very hard along side Jeremy, Cora and Colin's contractor friend from Arcata, and Colin.  Fred joined us for three days.  Some activities:  foundation rebuilding, pulling up and reinstalling old wood flooring, removing massive doors and locks, demo into the big dumpster of yucky stuff.  My main job, whiping and scrubbing surfaces with bleach and TSP.  "Clean and fresh and safe," is my mantra.  E'lora has taken to repeating it often herself.  

Fred used a big rented sander to hit all the hardwood to be refinished, main living space and the office bedroom.  Many trips to Home Depot that week!  We parked the truck and camper on the street.  By Friday we realized we could plug into the electricity.  Then, on a hot afternoon, "Air conditioning!"  I had forgotten all about that!  Here is a snip-it of an email I sent to my friend, Laurie, after returning home Saturday eve.

When I called Sunday, I was hoping to catch up.  Glad we got to do that, ;).  Also to check in about coming to the rehearsal dinner and K games...check did that.  I'm sorry I wasn't together as we started to talk about the other stuff,,,,,,I truly never looked at my clipboard all week.  A few chapters of reading at night, but we'd get up, work and eat, shower and sleep.  Oh, I had some fun E'lora time too.  We were at the playground, and she was up on a climbing tower.  I said, "You can climb down, I'll be right here."  She replied with her forehead all wrinkled, "I'm way to pregnant for that!"  She is so cute.  Cora cooked for us and delivered food, I'd watch the baby so she could pick out carpet and paint and such, and she worked, so I watched the baby so Colin could keep working.  It was a precious family time, my dad did GREAT too!!!  miss you, bren

I can't remember when I've worked so hard!  Ever so satisfying though.