Every muscle hurts!

It is officially our 5th day as proud owners of a house! It was the longest long weekend in our lives. It all started last Friday around noon. We showed up at the bank, signed like a thousand pieces of paper and finally we were handed a blue flower key chain with 3 sets of keys to our new house! We immediately drove to our GC's house to show off our new keys and pick up a few tools he had already lined up for us. After that we made a short pit stop to charge our batteries for the intense work that was about to begin...
It was so exciting to see it again, this time everything had been cleared out, there were no more little trinkets and no more P.U. refrigerator... it was completely empty and ours!
As soon as we went in, I had not even finished taking it all in when Max was on his knees ripping up the carpet.... it had begun!
We took out the carpet in the living room, dinning room, and the stairs all in about an hour (have I mentioned it's a small house?). We were feeling accomplished and so incredibly pleased; the hardwood floors under that carpet are in great shape! they already look pretty nice, and we haven't even finished them yet.
Day number 1 was a success. Ending with some sparkling and BBQ sandwiches to celebrate with friends and family. It was really great!
Day number 2 was super intense, we started demoing the kitchen, everything fro the vinyl floors, top cabinets and even a small wall (opening one of the closets in the 1s floor bedroom into the kitchen). We also finished taking out thousands of staples and all the spiky tack boards from the floor.
Day 3.. more DEMO! Mostly scraping wall paper and vinyl floors. More sore muscles....
Day 4. Side porch... gone! Most demo in the kitchen is done and we did a major clearing of debris, which is now all "neatly" piled in the garage, and the garden shed (which is also kicking the bucket soon btw).
It's been hard work so far, but very rewarding! It's brought it's share of nicks and bruises, and plenty of sore muscles. But the week should be lighter, we're allocating a couple hours a day during the week and full days in the weekend... let's get this kitchen done!
Today, we demo the sink and bottom cabinets in the kitchen (after we find the stinking water valve to shut off! Where are you hiding!?)

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