2 down..

Two days down and about a million to go, but we can actually stand inside with the windows closed and not tear up from the stench.

Dan has a friend on a Fine Homebuilding list that gave us a recipe for a homemade cleaning solution to cut through the filth. It was 3 parts water, 1 part bleach, 1/2 part vinegar and a splash of dishsoap (we used pine sol in place of the dishsoap). Let me tell you, this stuff works! Spritz it on and let it sit for a minute, then go at it with a scrubber brush and 95% of the crud comes up. That last 5%'ll get you though, because once it looks that much better you just want the last little bit to come up.

We had all the windows and doors open and still had to run outside periodically to breath. We need beefier respirators and better eye protection before we go back to do the ceilings and walls. But I can open and close the windows in 2 rooms without gloves on! And we can see through the windows even when they're closed (the windows were much cleaner outside than in.)

Brian came back today and weedwhacked the whole backyard. It's much bigger and flatter than it seemed at first. It still slopes a bit towards the house, but not as badly as I thought.

I took a bunch of before pictures, but we were so tired by the end of the day that I forgot about the after shots. So I'll leave you with an image of what I found in the upstairs bathroom this morning. If you're even slighty squeamish, you're not going to want to zoom in on this. I screamed like a girl.. then, of course, went back and took a picture.

Like I said.. 2 down..