Down Comes the Chimney

We got the phone call this morning. 

Chris and I were eating a good breakfast so we would have the strength
to get through the day when the phone buzzed. We thought it would be one
of you but no it was a phone call from our builder. He wanted
to update us. The house mover had a couple of huge projects off Cape so
he wanted to fit us in next week. OMG! And the mason was going to meet
him at our house in a couple of hours to discuss taking down the chimney
tomorrow. No Way!

We rushed over to the cottage just in time to hear a huge truck turning
down our dirt road. We thought it must be for a landscaping project at
the end of the street. But no it turned right into our driveway and the
driver hopped out. We just couldn't believe it. Our project was really
going to begin.

Soon we found ourselves talking to the mason, our builder and a framer.
We've never had so many construction people on the property. After a
look at the scope of the project I had an incredulous expression on my
face as I waved good-bye to them.

Then Chris and I had to get cracking. We still had stuff in the house.
Now there was no time to decide whether this should be recycled, go to
the swap shop or should we keep it. Everything went from the house right
up the ladder to the second floor of the garage. After that we took all
the door handles off and any other metal we could find. I just love that
electric screwdriver. Next we started to take all the kitchen cabinets
down. Then we took down the towel fixtures  and lastly the mirrored
medicine cabinets in the bathrooms. Last act was to disassemble our
canopy bed that a Cape Cod friend made for us almost 40 years ago. What
an exhausting but exhilarating day it was for us.

But tomorrow promises to be even more exciting. The mason will start on
the roof taking down the brick piece by piece. And Chris and I will
carry them across the yard and pile them up. We are hoping there will be
enough of them to use in a landscaping project.

Well, I am off to bed and will probably dream about stacking bricks.
Sounds great! We're finally on our way.