Ted & I were both in Irvine until late in the day after the workers had left. Pete, however, was there working on the landscaping for a few hours in the middle of the day. I took these pictures around 4:30. The 2 walls of the garage that were coming down are now down. More […]
The demo team arrived about 7:15 and the contractor arrived around 8:15. It was very exciting. There were about half a dozen guys there with two dump trucks and a bobcat-type machine.One guy started by removing the asphalt shingles and then the underlayment from the roof. In one photo, there is a whole room that has […]
The asbestos people finished up on Friday after removing all the sheetrock with its asbestos-laden drywall mud. So the house is down to its structure. Because they finished a day late, the demolition crew will not come until Tuesday.
Over the weekend, a young couple came and took out the kitchen cabinets, toilets, and bathroom counters, as well as some of the windows. They had a varying crew of 4-5 people, including her Mother, who worked hard breaking up the granite and pulling stuff out of the house. more photos
We leave this morning to drive to Hervey Bay to fly to Lady Elliott Island. There is no cell or internet there (at least for visitors). We’ll be back Wednesday, our date. I fixed the blog not taking comments.
Tuesday, March 19th Ted and Nina woke up really early—the shore birds like to herald the dawn at about 5:15. Ted went for a long walk through the neighborhoods around here. After eating breakfast, Taylor joined us and we drove to the Currumbin Rock Pools. At least as interesting as the pools was the drive […]
Saturday, March 16th – Monday, March 18th We went to the LA airport late on Saturday, taken by someone from church, who had auctioned trips to the airport in our church auction. Our flight was around midnight. About 2 hours after we got on, we were served another dinner and then we all slept for […]
This is where we will be adding pictures and descriptions of our 2 months in New Zealand. Here is our itinerary .