one step forward, two steps back?

We went straight from work today and met at the house. B spent pulled up the staples and carpet nail strips from the living room and part of the dining room, before we got to work on removing the rest of the carpet. We managed to get the whole house clear of carpet, and found the old hardwoods under every single room, and most of them in good shape. The only space without hardwoods is the main hallway, which is covered in plywood. We believe there are some, maybe partial hardwoods under there, but have to decide whether or not we pull it all up and see what's what, or go the cheap and easy route and just paint it a darker, shiny color like red and put down a couple of carpet runners. But...I think we'll probably end up getting the hardwods redone.

We cleaned out the workshop, too, which was a mess. Wearing masks and armed with a broom and dustpan, we cleared out most of the dirt and leaves. We found a few old item, like an old, huge Mason jar and a fly fishing pole. Among the old leaves and miscellaneous trash were at least two squirrell skulls and one vertebrae. We also disturbed a mound of fire ants, not good. So my shopping list for tomorrow: knee pads for pulling staples out of hardwood, fire ant bait, and something else I've already forgotten.

Want to type more but am falling asleep! (edit* Typed this last night around 10:30pm, but apparently Blogger thinks I live in the midwest, since it shows a posting two hours earlier. Checked my time zone, and it says Eastern...anybody know how to fix?