We're whoped, after one month we are begining to drag. We both knew this was going to be tough but we didn't realize how out of shape we are. We have made some good progress though:

Cleaned out the basement.

Installed guest rv hookups.

Moved the rig over from the the inlaws house.

Had the septic serviced.

Got the permenent RV pad with full hookups installed.

Moved the rig to the full hookup site.

Built a new support wall in the basement to help carry the living room and dining room floors. Built a tempoary support wall in the basement.

Built two temp walls on the first floor to carry the second floor while the primary load bearing wall for the second floor is rebuilt.

Rebuilt the load bearing wall.

Created the future kitchen opening.

Removed the lathe, plaster and 50 year old blown in insulation from three quarters of the second floor.

What a disgusting, messy, messy job. The plaster is not too bad, just beat it up, knock it off then pick it up with shovels and run it down the chute to the wagon for disposal. The lathe is not fun, it's full of splinters and nails but it's the same. Tear it off, load it up and take it to the burn pile. Now the ceilings have been BAD. In 1963 (based on the newpapers we found) they had cellulose insulation blown into the attic. I'm sure it helped but until you've had to removed this stuff you cannot appreciate how dirty a person can get. This stuff, along with 110 years of accumulated dirt gets into every pore and orfice you have. It's awful, thankfully we've only got the bathroom left to do.

We've been lucky so far, we've only found two places where water has damaged the structure of the house. Both are upstairs and will be relativley easy to fix. As I said before, the previous owner had a new roof installed as soon as he bought it and probably saved the house. When we get all of this mess out, the second floor will be closed off and renovated after we have completed the first floor.

The next major project will be installing a new rough staircase from the basement to the second floor. Our design requires the removal of the current narrow second floor stairs and the current rear basement stairs so this new staircase is a big milestone.

Anyway, off to the upstairs bath I go.