Before and After

After three full days of carting, organizing, emptying, trashing, labelling, cleaning, moving, and reorganizing, we are just about done with the great room and pharmacy. Dr. Street and Kathleen designed and built a wonderful house. It hasn't really been lived in full time for quite a while, though, so there was a bit of work between the house and its full potential. Apparently, people are not the only inhabitants of this house. We were drastically outnumbered by spiders and assorted creepy-crawly folk.


The pharmacy, the outdoor shed, the office and the great room have now been completely emptied, cleaned, sorted, and re-filled. One more storage room to go and we'll be ready for the team coming in on Sunday. Below are two "intermediate" pictures and two "after" pictures.

Oh, we also had our first experience with pressure cookers. Thanks to Jim and Kathleen, we know how to use those now (and they are so handy at high altitudes). We made rice in one and carrots in the other. Then we had cut up pieces of marinated steak over the rice. Don't let your mouth water too much, though. We found that "steak" purchased in the local store isn't exactly up to Outback's standards. A little chewy. Maybe we'll be pressure cooking THAT next time, too!

Anyway, that's all for now. One more day of cleaning and organizing, a half day of rest, then a medical team comes in. Wish us luck!!!!