03.19.08

Weekend Fun in Hope, KS

Posted in About Me, Family at 1:00 pm by Todd

This past weekend I had fun helping my father-in-law at their new house in Hope, KS. My in-laws recently purchased a house for the land and are planning on tearing down the house (and barns). Once the house is gone they plan on building a brand new house so they needed help with the destruction. Fun!

This is the first time I have ever had a chance to tear down a house. Over the last year I have helped 3 friends do construction on their house. So I have to say that destruction is so much more fun.

This past weekend we spent time cleaning up dead limbs, tearing down walls, and collecting lumber to be recycled. Saturday we spent most of the time getting rid of limbs that were broken off during the December ice storm. We hauled out several large loads from the house out to the city “dump”. Sunday was spent tearing down the plaster and lath walls and removing some usable lumber. Sunday was more fun because I got to take out all my anger, frustration, and angst on the walls without worry. I highly suggest this type of work. And I now understand why Ty loves demo-day so much. It is just total fun! I am still looking forward to breaking the windows and trying to run through a door! A kid has to dream right.

I hope to help out more as the spring rolls on and maybe I will post more pictures of what I get to destroy. And if you need assistance in tearing down your house, give me a hollar – I might be able to find time in my schedule to help out.

1 Comment

  1. the_doze said,

    March 20, 2008 at 9:40 am

    That sounds like a lot of fun. I’ll call you, “Todd the Demolitionator”, if I need some help with our new house.