Roof comes off! And the rain starts up...

After just one day of prep work, the roof comes off!  The goal is to beat the weather and get the house weather-tight as soon as possible.  And we've really got to hurry because the weather report calls for 2-3 inches of rain over the weekend and 30-40 mph wind gusts.

(Ben is wearing this shirt because he wanted to match the tarps.  Ha!)

The job site is messy, but from the outside, there is still some resemblance of our beloved home.  The inside is a different story... the doors are gone, the fireplace is gone, it's dirty... really dirty.  It's starting to look like a real project.  That's a good thing.  Ben and I are relieved that the process of the construction loan is over (yes, it finally closed and funded, or so we're told - though we've yet to hear from the "Renovation Draw Specialist" who should have contacted us days ago).

Our biggest problem currently, according to our contractor, Robert, is the upcoming winds.  Surprisingly, my stress level is low (and no, I haven't been popping Xanax - I save those babies for cross-country flights).  I have yet to tell Robert that my lifelong motto has been "when you fail to plan, you plan to fail."  I sure hope he's got a solid plan for this weekend wind storm!

Our second biggest problem: we have 16 wine glasses and a large box of alcohol (accidentally) left in the garage and blocked behind this amazing pile of roof rubble.  Ironically, in our pre-remodeled house, we never had enough room for a dinner party with 16 people so we never had a need for 16 glasses (exceptions to every rule: Volksgiving), but in our new Madison Park rental house, we actually have a table that could seat 16 and now we only have 8 glasses.  Oh well, we probably couldn't convince 16 friends to drive all the way to Madison Park for a dinner party anyway.