The biggest event of the weekend was the monster job of removing the fireplace in the family room. Jai found a couple of masons to jack hammer it to pieces for ten hours on Sunday. The house was incredibly dusty all day long. It was great having it gone, but the main guy doing the work looked like he emerged from the deepest coal mine in the middle of a WW2 war zone while an earthquake was going on. He was the dustiest thing I've ever seen. Even his eyelashes were full of dust! I felt kinda sorry when looking at him, but I guess that's his job. Actually his job is usually to build fireplaces for people. I don't think he fully knew what he bargained for when he agreed to tear out our monstrosity. It was really like two fireplaces in one. There was already a normal brick fireplace in place UNDER the giant stone thing they built up to the ceiling. That must have been a kick in the pants. Like in a cartoon where a guy struggles to get to the top of a hill and the clouds clear out and you see that the hill really goes on for another 10 miles. BTW that's exactly how climbing Half Dome felt the first time.
Here are some pics from the demolition.
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