We had our final walkthrough on Easter Sunday morning. The house was finally ours. Funny how all the formalities for this house have happened on holidays. We first looked at it right around Thanksgiving, we had a contract a couple of days before Christmas and we closed on the house on April Fools Day. I found this last one especially appropriate, especially when we signed the piece of paper which disclosed the total cost of the loan after interest. Well, fools or not, I couldn't wait to get inside and start tearing shit apart. People think of demolition as thankless grunt work. For me its just good clean fun. Its the only time you can get away with breaking things and actually feel like you are accomplishing something. I know of no better way to release all of that pent up aggression. I've spent the last week running around the house like a little kid and randomly demolishing all of the stuff thats gotta go. Here's a few of the highlights:
Some exploratory demolition in the bathroom reveals a window hidden behind the shower surround.
A relic from a generation that bought into the idea of 'a better life through chemistry'; the back of one of these fabulous plastic tiles reads: "100% Virgin Polystyrene - Nationally Advertised - De Luxe - Unconditionally Guaranteed" No thanks. But we will keep the honey comb floor.
Meanwhile, Shana is in the backyard going about her task a bit more methodically. By the time she finished cleaning out the brush and pruning the cedars, the curb was lined with brush and lawn and leaf bags taking up the entire width of our lot.
so, in fact, it was not entirely true that there was never a window.
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