Cleaning Day 1

GETTING STARTED

April 25, 2013

     It was an exciting day to actually begin the cleanup process! Who would not want to start making beautiful this amazing and somewhat astounding new life? We found ourselves greatly relieved. Our first impression of the place was rather shocking and overwhelming, though we knew we could make it work. This day was our second real good look at the place; taking our time looking around, we began to take it all in. We found that it was not nearly so overwhelming an undertaking as we first imagined. 

     We started right away by opening the doors to let things air out. The place was filled with, what my husband called, a real strong ammonia smell (basically dog pee). It got SO overwhelming that I had to walk outside often for fresh air. I sometimes wonder if ALL the smell would eventually go away. I will be armed with plenty of scentsy and enough cleaners to start a business! 

     Knowing we only had a couple hours at best, we decided to jump right in. We decided to take up our main residence in the South Trailer, and have a guest room, craft room, and the office/study/classroom in the North Trailer. So we began to work. 

In about 2 hours: 

South trailer:

• Took off cabinet doors
• ripped up some carpet. 
• Began a list of things needed

     It was a fulfilling day. We tried to get a good feel for things so we could gear up for a big day on Saturday. I think we all were pretty excited about what was to come. There was endless possibility for a place like this, and we could no wait to see what, with God's help, we could make out of it.