Dec. 31 - Put 1x6 boards on staircase to fill in the gap between each step and cleaned up the mess created from the weekend work. Stopped working early today to get ready for the 1st Bayou Jacque Watch Night Service, which was a big success especially the testimonials given in reference to blessings during 2012.
Jan. 1 - It rained all day! Still managed to have a great New Year's lunch and visit with family at Grandma's.
Jan. 2 - Met with Troy to make plans for the AC installation. Spent about an hour unloading pine tongue and groove boards, plywood and insulation. Framed in the pantry.
Jan. 3 - Decked part of the upstairs, framed in the new wall for the laundry/mud room, tore out the old ceiling in the kitchen and dining room and cleaned the mess....long day!
Jan. 4 - Tour out the wall to open up master bedroom and worked on upstairs decking. Stafford and Henry came to help David install the new electrical panel and weather head.
Jan. 5 - Tour out ceiling from master bedroom and finished decking upstairs. Slade and I helped David build a wooden ladder that was able to reach to the ceiling in the living room about 18 ft up that we used to put in 7 more collar braces.
Jan. 6 - Tour out ceiling in the classroom/office and cleaned up the mess. Put in plywood and sheet rock base in attic for AC, and put in plywood and sheet rock base in guest bathroom closet for other AC.
Jan. 7 - Troy began installing AC today. It rained again today. Sara went to school with David so that she could compete at the area FFA contest with her prepared public speech. Found out that Sara won the speech contest and will be competing at the State FFA contest during state convention in June.
Jan. 8 - Troy finished installing the AC (except the installation which needs to be done after new wiring and electrical work is done.) It rained again!!
Jan. 9 - Rain!!
Jan. 10 - Rain over the past few days forced school to be closed. Jan. 9 was David's last day to teach Ag at Midland High. Starting a new job Monday, January 14th. After about 10 inches of rain our old house in Crowley was 4 inches from flooding. Lebeau Church Rd was flooded.
Jan. 11 - Used David's truck to get to the house in Lebeau because water was as high as 3 ft in some places. David, Allie, and Wyatt tried to get out by 4 wheeler but to no avail. They did have an adventure and got wet. We did manage to put in two outlets in the living room, haul wood to the burn pile, unhooked and labeled wires to be reused and rerouted to the new electrical box. I.t rained again!
Jan. 12 - Todd and Heath ran new wiring to the remaining outlets in the living room, front porch lights, and living room lights. David and I worked on framing upstairs walls, then Heath and Todd helped David rebuild the wooden ladder which he used to screw in the remaining collar braces. Rain!
Jan. 13 - It rained again today. David and I finished framing in the upstairs walls. Began installing the pine tongue and groove boards on living room wall.
Jan. 14 - David began a welding job today! Rained.
Jan. 15 - Jan. 17 - Rained!!!!
Jan. 17 - Finally no rain and lots of sunshine!!!
Jan. 18 - David and I ran errands in Crowley. Another beautiful sunny day.
Jan. 19 - Installed more tongue and groove on living room wall, began wiring upstairs and framed in 2 more doors spaces.
Jan. 20 - Walled in the side of the stairs to make a storage closet and put molding around 2 of the living room windows.
Jan. 21 - After school we worked on built in bed in Wyatt's room and began installing tongue and groove on his wall.
Jan. 24 - After school worked on Wyatt's walls and had direct tv and internet installed!
Jan. 25 - David and I ran errands again today, visit EES, then had a surprise party for Sara's birthday...Bekah, Jeana, and Joni came.
Jan. 26 - David and Heath worked on wiring.
Jan. 27 - Worked on connecting original wiring to new box, put up tongue and groove on outside of pantry wall and outside of one part of laundry room wall.
Jan. 28 - Sara finally got a driver's license!!
Jan. 29 - After school David and I put up tongue and groove on the remaining laundry wall facing the kitchen.
Jan. 30 - Field trip to the District Livestock Show!
Feb. 1 - Began installing tongue and groove on outside of bedroom walls upstairs and framed the island to begin planning kitchen arrangement. Wyatt pulled nails out of the old ceiling joists in the kitchen.
Feb. 2 - Tore out old ceiling in master closet and cleaned mess, put in tongue and groove on another living room wall and back side of the pantry, walled up remaining old window hole and old door on back porch, moved things from off back porch into shed, put up white paper on back wall of house to get it ready for hardy plank.
Feb. 3 - Began installing hardy plank and wired the girls room and cleaned mess.
Feb. 4 - After school, David, Allie and Wyatt installed more hardy plank while Sara and I continued to work on Chemistry!!!
