Sleeping in is goes only as far as what Cookie allows so we were up and moving early. We did manage to get all the sheet rock installed on the stair well wall, but we were too tired to tape and put the first coat of mud on Saturday night. We did have a fire going all day and never left The Ridge.
We received a call Saturday night from Jennifer telling us that on returning from the UT basketball game, Jessica had fallen and had a very swollen ankle, which she could not put any weight on to walk. So after they hobbled back to the apartment, a trip that night to the emergency room was on tap. X-rays proved negative, but ligament damage was a high probability, so crutches and an appointment with an orthopedics were given.
Sunday morning we applied the tape and first coat of mud with a few pieces of trim. After all the travel this week, Brent hit the wall and we decided to leave early and stop by Knoxville to check on Jessica. The morning brought several snow showers that were pretty constant throughout the morning did not leave anything but a dusting.
After spending some time in Knoxville with the girls we headed down south and made it back around 8:00 pm. The pictures will show the progress made this week.
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| The last section of dry wall to install and the starting line for this weekend. |
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| The "Little Giant" ladder has been very useful on the stairs. |
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| The first two (2) pieces of dry wall are installed. |
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| The tape and first of three coats of mud. |
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| Oh boy. We get to look forward to more sanding. |
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| The four pieces of drywall went up fairly quick, but the amount of taping and mudding seemed to never end. |
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| Another shot of the canvas we will have to sand. |
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| Some of the trim work has been installed along with more drywall on the left side of the stair well. |
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| Jessica with her injured ankle and new crutches. Her foot is not swollen she just got those big feet from Grandmother. |
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