Clean up!

Infinite thanks to everyone who came to help with the clean up. We probably had 12-15 people there helping out at some point during the day. 10 of them were there for almost the whole time. It was perfect.


I got the dumpster from Mr. Dumpster. It costs 110 per load and 35 bucks per ton, so our focus was keeping the loads to a minimum. That in mind, I wanted to make sure we put all the bigger chunks of drywall in first so we could fit more. I was out there for a while, packing things in as good as I could and when I came back in, the place looked soooo much different. It went really fast with so many people working.

The coke machine (you may have noticed it in almost every single picture -- apparently they're our biggest sponsor) actually works and so we had some ice cream sandwiches and cold water for everyone. Yes.


After most of the bigger chunks were gone, we started shoveling the rubble into wheelbarrows and other big containers and hauling it out. Meanwhile, others were cleaning up the 2x4's and 2x6's and putting them downstairs. We're going to make our stage with them.

It's going well. We just secured our kitchen equipment from an old Italian restaurant that went out of business a few years ago. We're getting almost everything we need for pretty cheap. I'll go into more details on that once it happens.

The next step is to clear out the rest of the plaster and junk and take out all of the carpets. Pictures will be coming soon.