Deck Demo- Day 1

So we started the weekend of deck demo today actually. Our friend came to town and he wanted to attack it himself for a day before Randy was able to help him. He made friends with the neighbor and borrowed a reciprocating saw and made quick work of the hot tub. It is now some assembly required. Then we got the dumpster delivered! We had a 12 hour delivery window (7 am -7 pm) and it arrived at 9 am this morning. It was awesome! The driver was amazing and he put it down right on the squares of plywood we laid on the driveway. Very impressive! It has a HUGE door on the back that we opened and we are now able to walk in and load it very easily. I highly recommend getting a dumpster for any of your trash disposal needs!

So Travis helped with the deck demo by cooling us down with his spray bottle:

This actually is a very important task you see. And Travis really was a great worker (when he wanted to be of course!) He cleaned the dumpster and mowed it a little, and he even loaded a few rocks. And for some reason he thinks our dumpster should be red so he told us several times during the day that the dumpster was NOT red, but green. Thanks, Travis!

The best part of the day is what used to be here:

Is now here:

SO COOL!

That was not fun work, but so great! And look at how much room we have to fill up yet! We were only supposed to fill it 1/2 to 2/3 full, but we showed the hauler what we had to put in and he said that he could probably lift it no problem and to go ahead and fill'er up. Thank you, we will! Randy was very impressed with our progress so he went ahead and ordered 5 yards of dirt to spread and fill in the yard before we sod. Playing in dirt...Travis is going to LOVE it!

Oh, and the raccoons must have moved on because they were nowhere to be seen today. We didn't have to take anyone for rabies shots. It was a bit disappointing not to see them one last time...oh, who I am kidding? PARTY!! THE COONS ARE GONE!