Demolition

July 2nd, 2009

This day started like any other day; wake up at the hotel to the sun shining and a hot cup of Tim Horton's coffee. We grabbed our lawn chairs and took up our residence on the sidewalk to watch the show begin!

At about 11 am an excavator pulled up in our soon-to-not-be-house and unloaded. After a bit of small chat and getting into position the digger raised his bucket. With a dramatic pause he opened the door, "Do you want to kiss it goodbye first?" he sarcastically yelle

d over the roar of the engine. And this those words an earth shattering rumbled ripped through the air as the bucket took off the front porch of the house! In one hour time the house was nothing but a large pile of rubble in the front yard. A few more hours of work and one giant s

emi dump trucklater the house was no more.

Dan and I officially spent several hours that afternoon homeless. Dadarrived from the coast that evening towing our new house. That's

right, our new residence is able to be pulled behind his truck. We are staying, with our dogs, in a 23' travel trailer. Dad is sleepi

ng in the new garage we build last year; he has a mattress placed on top of our pile of hardwood flooring.

So here we sit with a hole in our

yard where our house once was. We wanted to have the house started by now, but we've had a few hang ups with the building

permits. Things are coming together slowly though.