Photo: Shirley (non-blogging knitter), Trish, Angela, TMK, and Me. Not pictured is the lovely photographer Ryan.
I think it is safe to post now; BLING is headed for the Atlanta Airport and won't have Internet access until after the big reveal. This weekend, aided by a hard working crew (and aided in spirit by a slew of extra volunteers who offered to be on-call THANK YOU!), I demolished the inside of our dog room*, put up two new walls of drywall, took over 300 lbs of construction debris to the dump (and additional household junk - yay!) and recycled 2 TVs, 2 Computers, Monitor, Stereo, and assorted flotsam and jetsam left from when my Father passed away. The house feels lighter and brighter! This was a long needed change, and really just the start of a bigger one. Eventually we will turn this room into an office and guest room, but still have to save up for flooring. Hopefully the end of the summer will find it complete. While BLING was gone I also rearranged the living room, purged my extra clothing (making more closet space), and did a top to bottom deep clean of the whole house (15 hours yesterday). I am exhausted (as is the work crew I'm sure), and I haven't knit a stitch since last Tuesday.
Here is a good laugh for the day - my back hurts, my legs hurt, my arms hurt, my neck hurts...but that little tendon running down the back of my right hand that has been giving me grief for months is fine. It really appreciated the knitting break.
*with 4 dogs we need a place for them to hang out during the day when we are at work, thus the dog room.
So nothing has caught on fire yet?
Posted by: Ryan | April 24, 2006 at 11:05 AM
Elaine, I felt privileged to be part of such an extremely able group of women! And I had a great time learning how to hang drywall! TMK
Posted by: The Mysterious K and Ryan | April 24, 2006 at 12:01 PM
Looks like it was hard work, but wonderful, fun hard work. There are worse ways to spend a weekend.
Posted by: Imbrium | April 24, 2006 at 02:03 PM
Yay for all of you!
Posted by: Rabbitch | April 24, 2006 at 03:22 PM
Ho-ly COW! Between this and Ryan's blog, I'm woo-hooing at my desk here at work. That's *fantastic*, and I'm just...wow! WOW!
Posted by: moiraeknits | April 24, 2006 at 04:10 PM
Wow, you had a busy weekend! (and probably a lot more fun than having to hang around with family. at least I'm back now)
Posted by: Christina in Washington | April 24, 2006 at 07:54 PM
Nice job! I'm exhausted just reading about all you did!
Posted by: Ann | April 24, 2006 at 08:55 PM
What an impressive-looking bunch! Do you hire out?
Posted by: Kim | April 25, 2006 at 05:23 PM
I'm still stunned.
Posted by: Bling! | April 28, 2006 at 03:52 PM