April 13th, Good to be home again.

Well, I am exhausted. We went to redding on Thursday morning to help fix up a rental house that belongs to a relative who is in the hospital. The people who had lived there before had trashed the place! The house is on almost an acre of land and most of that was covered with trash and junk that previous renters had just thrown all over the yard. The inside was a mess as well. There were holes in the doors and walls, some interior doors were missing, the walls were VERY dirty, and you don't want to know what the kitchen and bathrooms looked like! So anyway, we pull in Thursday morning and were pretty much in shock at the mess. We called and had roll-off dumpster (30 yard) delivered. The power had been turned off to the house so we had to wait for another relative to arrive with a generator before we could do much inside. While we waited, we made a run to Home Depot for the doors and other materials we needed. The dumpster arrived around three in the afternoon and we got started loading everything in the front yard. With 5 of us working we had the dumpster completely loaded by sundown. During that time the generator and more help had arrived and a few of us went in and got to work. Myself and three other people stayed outside and continued clean-up. We finished around 8:3o that night and went to get dinner and rest up for the next day. Friday we had the roll-off emptied and returned and while most people went in to work on the inside I stayed out with a couple of others and worked on the back yard. By Saturday night almost all junk was gone, doors had been replaced, a new bathroom vanity was in, the whole inside of the house had been patched and painted and we were on our way home. There is still more to be done before it can be rented but we made a pretty good dent in it. I am so sore I can hardly move this morning! I feel good about everything we got done though. Time to rest today.