December 2006 Project Progress A

December was a busy month for us. Toby had her Christmas show (The Living Christmas Tree) and so after work I had the kids for the nights that she was gone. She really enjoyed performing for many enthusiastic audiences. As for the project, we continued to remove the existing roof and layout floor joists. We had a couple of step-throughs (through the ceiling drywall) as we worked up in the former attic. Toby had a comically bad hour one afternoon. (This being 3 weeks later I can write about it.) We were removing a large section of roof and the corner dropped down on the drywall. Unfortunately, Toby was helping Lucy on the toilet right below where the drywall came down. About one square foot of drywall, in 3 or 4 pieces came raining down around Toby and Lucy. The scariest part was the attic insulation. We have blown-in insulation in the attic, and when the ceiling broke, the insulation just poured down on the girls. Toby screamed and when I came down she was crying. She sobbed and sobbed. I spoke comforting words as I have been trained to do. After a while, she recovered enough to help me cover the ceiling with a piece of plywood. The floor was covered with 4 inches of insultation and as Toby moved to hold up the plywood, she stepped on a nail sticking up from the drywall that had fallen. Toby hopped on one foot, crying again, trying to see the damage done by the nail. I lowered the plywood and moved to place it on the floor so I could help Toby. As I swung the plywood down to the floor, I hit Toby in the head with the corner of the wood.

Bye Bye roof

Bye Bye roof