We were behind a truck with a rodeo trailer. The stuff that fell off was not mud. We drove through it. When you are in my car, near my car, or downwind of my car, all you'll smell is stable. Texas style.
The roaches we knew about:
The mice were a surprise. We found gobs of pecan shells gnawed and discarded under the cabinets when we were removing countertops and prepping the kitchen floor. They say get rid of the food source to get rid of the mice. We have three pecan trees. So we'll have to find another solution. On the other hand, we found no nests or other signs of mice in the 'hood, so maybe we have snakes?
Here's a little welcome note, we presume from the middle schoolers who are forced to march down our street after lunch when the weather is nice.
This is one of several window sills/casements that will have to be replaced:
Dog-chewed/scratched walls:
I promised some info regarding progress. Removing the contact paper in the living room and the moon mural in the bedroom was hard. Instead, I kicked some counter ass and deepened my attack on the bathroom.
Doesn't seem like much, but unscrewing the counter top from the cabinets was a bitch. The installer used flathead screws. This may not seem important until you are removing 43 of them, on your back, in bug infested cabinets. I worship this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_F._Phillips
First I started separating the vinyl liner from the tile, so I could see what i was working with:
There was green tile (painted white):
And pink tile, painted white:
And rotted wall/wood where backerboard should have been:
Meanwhile, Dan was in exploratory mode to determine the extent of the floor/support damage from leaks in the kitchen and laundry. Something to talk about next time.
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