I guess Randy became a little intimidated by my progress because my dad showed up eager to get in there and give him a hand on some shed demolition (actually he had already offered to come over and help but I like the idea of intimidating my husband with my manual labor.)

So anyway, Dad shows up and poof! The shed is on the ground!

The felling of the shed consisted of a really big chain and a 3/4 ton “hunkin” Dodge Ram.  Randy and Dad are demolition machines!  I offered my assistance but they didn’t appear to be interested much.  I did get in on the tedious nail removal though, I guess I was considered “help” at that point and handed a claw hammer and a “cat paw”.  For those of you who are not familiar with a cat paw, it is a tool used specifically to remove stubborn nails from stubborn material such as old and rusty tin. 

 

It works really well and kept me from saying bad things and abandoning my post as alternate nail puller.  Even with my cool nail pulling tool, I didn’t feel all that important out there in the manly shed work force, but I stayed the course with them until the mission was accomplished.

At the end of the day I was really surprised at how much we got done and how good the spot looked.  Our youngest, Wes, had hauled off the massive bulk of the throw away stuff Saturday morning to the dump and the trailer was then empty and ready for more.  The stack of lumber would go aboard but the stack of rusty tin would stay behind for one of Randy’s coworkers to come and rid us of a lot of it to use for projects.  Jake swooped in at the end of the day to be the site inspector and make sure everything was up to snuff.

I have managed to get all the hideous paneling off the bathroom walls but have not made near the progress the guys have.

I may have to incorporate Jake’s help on the bathroom project so I can post some considerable progress on MY project.