Let the fun begin

 I got home from New Mexico.  My brother and I worked out a new lease on the farm and I saw my mom several times.  She continues to do well.  The first three times I saw her in the afternoon and she did not know me.  The last time I saw her in the morning and I could see in her face that she recognized me- then she got mad when I left :).

We spent Sunday finishing up the kitchen packing.  Catherine had most of it done by the time I got home. 

Here are some before pictures.  Since we will be consumed with this the next few weeks.  You readers will probably get tired of the reno right along with us.

 Here is the first days work.
Taking out part of the wall.  making the opening for the bar area larger- better to see the water.  All cabinets  and appliances gone.  The fridge has been relocated to the living area. 

 They built us a big plastic wall with a zipper in it to keep the dust out of our living area.  It really did a good job.  The only drywall dust was what I tracked in going back and forth.

We talked to the folks at Ft. Desoto and they said if we come in on Monday we should not have a problem getting a site for four days. The weekends are a different story.  We would probably just put the breeze back in storage for the weekend. We have not decided if we are going to do that or just keep a few bucks in our pocket and live with the construction.