You know, if you'd asked nicely, I probably could have arranged for an air strike...

Next thing, you'll tell me I should just stand on the roof with a laser designator...

An airstrike would be a bad idea. Just consider what Steve is stockpiling in his basement for the local militia...

I barely recognize the place! Guess you decided not to keep the 60's tile...LOL

You are doing this yourself without help? How hard is it to get the tiles off the wall?

Laser designator? Please. That's so 1991.

No need to stand on the roof; we just hacked Reason's server and got your GPS coordinates. Wait 'til you see how quickly a JDAM can get your reconstruction project off the ground (and how high)...

Enrak,

Not by myself, no. Rylie, our kitchen design guy, is also our demolition guy. Melissa and I were going to do it this weekend, but decided against it. I'd have dicked around for an entire day just tearing out the soffit -- because I've never done it before, and would have been over-cautious.

Between the two of us, we got everything out but the stuctural bits of the soffit in under three hours. Not a bad morning's work.

And you're still finding time to blog and comment. No way have I been that productive today.

So, you got Rylie on the job? Would that be Three Fingered Rylie from Bob Vila's Home Again?
Looks like a fine start!

ed

You missed a spot...

TO: Stephen Green
RE: What Have I Done Today

[1] Worked on a moving a database system from Visual FoxPro to another environment.

[2] Expanded the garden on the roof to include a new trough to grow leeks.

[3] Dabbled in PhotoShop to come up with a method for making digital images of older houses in the neighborhood to look more artistic. Plan on printing them out and framing them for hallways.

[4] Dinked around on some stained glass work I've got going.

[5] Spackled some wall surface in the first floor powder room, which is being redecorated.

Now I'm going down to the basement to replace a heating element in this kiln I'm rebuilding.

Later, I'm going to the county party meeting.

Enjoy,

Chuck(le)

P.S. Also registered to be a volunteer oral history recorder.

Clearly I'm going to have to bring my digital camera to the gunnery ranges when I get to Bliss. Then we'll talk about demolition. ;)

You needed *somebody else* to take the tiles out for you?

Pah!

In a fit of 'this looks easy' I retiled my last bathroom all by myself. A tradesman came in to knock out some concrete bits that I couldn't budge and asked me what I had taken all the tiles off with.

I pointed out a hammer and the remains of (what he later informed me was) a wood chisel to the incredulous bloke. When he left, I had the distinct feeling my story would be passed down in legend at his local pub.

Stubbornness is a virtue :)

Just went through the same joyous process (sarcasm) myself. It starts slowly with great effort and just gets worse from there -- 90% of the hard work seems to produce 10% of the results, until everything is finally ready to happen all at once....but I digress.

Just wanted to note -- you've got the old sink drain stub sticking out of the wall. Do yourself a favor and get a temporary cap wedged onto that ASAP. We had an amazing rain before I figured that out and had interesting foam coming out that pipe onto the floor.

>You know, if you'd asked nicely, I
>probably could have arranged for an air
>strike...

I was thinking he spent the day preparing the rituals for the tornado he clearly summoned.

Yeah, I've had parties like that. "Um, we was just renovatin', that's the ticket."

I'm doing exactly the same thing to my kitchen right now. No sink, no stove. The grill is getting a good work out though.

You're a walking disaster, all right.