Here we gooooooooooo!

Yesterday, we closed on our home improvement loan. *screams* I almost can't believe it. We are so in debt right now I almost can't breathe. *chokes*

Here's the plan:

1. Finish cleaning up the basement from the demo we've already done.
2. Patch the rock walls down there to make sure there won't be any leaks.
3. Slather on the Dry-Lok... again for the leaky stuff.
4. Move up to the main floor --- remove all furnishings and put them on the 2nd floor.
5. Remove all carpeting. We'll just be rolling it all up and laying it back down when we're done... until we can afford to put in the flooring we really want.
6. Remove all drop ceilings and throw them away. I hate drop ceilings.
7. Remove all trim and baseboards making sure to label them so they can go right back where they were. Again, until we can afford to replace them with what we want.
8. Tear the heck out of the exterior walls - removing all sheetrock, plaster, lath and any remnants of insulation that are there.

Now, this is where it gets fuzzy for me. I don't know if we're blowing in the spray foam insulation and putting the walls back together on the main floor first, or if we're going to do steps 4 - 8 on the 2nd floor first. Regardless, you get the idea of what's going to be happening in my neck of the woods for the next several months. I know you're jealous. Try not to be.