One Thousand Pounds of Plaster.....and we saw something funny..

that is how much we took to the dump on Thursday and we have the same again to take today (Friday). It cost us $50 to dispose of it on Thursday, so today will no doubt be the same. We got all the walls stripped and carted down the stairs, I have carried approximately 80 garbage bags down two flights of stairs!!!

On Friday we have to pull off the last of the baseboards, and then start on pulling out the insulation. That is the job I am dreading doing, as its like cotton wool, I hate touching that also, its icky. Dh did get some temporary lights put up in the attic, so that will help a lot. However I think we have run into another problem, as it looks as though someone has put drywall over the plaster and lathe in the spare bedroom {{{SIGH}}}. Why I have no idea, but it's another thing we have to deal with. How we know this, is dh pulled up a couple of floorboards in the attic above the bedroom. There was enough lathe/wood taken from the attic to the firepit to have another fire on the weekend again.

Now for the funny thing that happened today. First let me apologize to any of you who uses a motorized wheelchair, as this story involves a motorized wheelchair/scooter.

After we had been to the dump we called in at the Home Hardware in the town close to us. As we left we noticed an elderly gentleman coming up the road on a motorized wheelchair/scooter, proudly displaying his Canadian Flag. Behind him was an OPP (Ontario Provincial Police) car, I jokingly said to dh, "I bet he pulls the old guy over." Sure enough he did, can you believe that.....LOL

Now to be fair it wasn't a busy road, nor was it a quiet road, there was a lot of traffic going into the Home Hardware, including trucks. However there were no sidewalks/footpaths for the old guy to drive on, so he had no choice but to go on the road. No idea what he told the guy, but we called in at a coffee shop at the end of the road, and when we were leaving, we saw him coming back down the road in his wheelchair/scooter. This time without the police escort!!!

Thanks for all your kind anniversary wishes, I really appreciated them.