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Historic Hysterics!!
We got this letter in the mail, said, attend this here meeting about historic districts. OK, so we go. Turns out this lady Cindy who moved here several years ago from Denver thought it was time to make Ouachita Avenue a historic district. Well, that didn’t fly, too many bail bondsmen I guess, but they […]
The Tree is down and other deconstruction
Yesterday Zac went in there with his chainsaw and wreaked some havoc. This “weed” that was beginning to look like a “tree” had grown taller than the retaining wall and it needed to ho away to compost land before it became the job of a professional. So my big man Zac took charge and together […]
Look Pa, no floor!!
Taking the floor out was looking like a long process of prying off boards and handholding a lot of termites, to slowly decimate their habitat and assure them that all things happen for the common good, and everything will work out in the end. We tried that for about 45 minutes, when Zac had one […]
Look ma! No panelling!
Yesterday we ripped out the panelling off the exterior interior wall. You know?! The one that will be brick one day (actually, it already is) when we find the courage, or pay the meth heads, to pick off all the plaster. I kind of thought it might just chip off with the flick of a […]
Two trips to the dump
Today we took two trips to the dump. Then we freaked out that the wall was gonna cave in on us. Then Bethannie stopped by and had some coffee, and at this very second she posted something on my facebook wall, and she was super encouraging about everything. That was nice. Now we don’t know […]
September 8th, 2010
Today we went in to do some more demolition on the room that is in the back of 236 Ouachita. Yesterday we had what felt like a major victory. Zac went down to the city office to talk to the permit people, and they liked the drawings he had made for the floor plan, and […]
Moving pianos….
Today Zac and I singlehandedly moved 7 pianos. Thank goodness Joe Davis sold the shop with his organ dollies. Although “organ dollies” sounds like something you might need in your old age. That officially makes bay number three, as we like to call it, officially empty of things we “might want to save” or “need […]
January 14, 2010
Today. Progress. Here are some pictures. Aside from learning that the last guy who borrowed our piano dollies and returned them without the heavy duty straps that make them work is dead, it seems like things are moving along. We didn’t really know him, which I know, would make my father wonder why on earth […]
January 12-2010
Today Joe, Zac, and myself went down to the shop, where we had a big old time continuing to empty out the old back of the middle bay. As we were truffling loads from the shop to the trailer, I noticed a slight puddle forming in the doorway between the two rooms. Interesting, I said […]
New Dawn
The year: 2010. The shop. Our first day back on the job, and we go in with our friend Joe Powers. First, we haul a load of scrap metal, including but not limited to, a huge compressor taken to the shop off of the Dryden Pottery. One of their denial pile contributions. The guy at […]