Moving Materials

Tear it out -- fill the dumpster -- go buy more stuff. That is the new cycle of life in our house. The first dumpster was filled to the brim within a few days. The current dumpster is twice as big and already is about a third of the way full. The picture is our full first dumpster (sorry, but I couldn't get it to go the right way.)

Today we went up to Menard's to get some more materials and supplies for the weekend. After a long wait for the trailer to be loaded we headed home with many 2 x 4's, sheets of drywall and bundles of insulation.

I followed behind in my car. First we pulled over because I noticed that the trailer lights weren't on -- the brake lights and turn signals were on, but not the running lights. We tried to fix it, but had no luck, so got back on the road. We had just gotten on the main highway, when all of a sudden a bundle of insulation came flying at my car. I flashed my lights and pulled over. Leaving my car I walked back down the highway to pick up the bundle. Just as I was getting to it a motorcycle sped by, then a car, thankfully swerving away from the insulation in the middle of the right hand lane.. It had broken open a little bit from the fall, but I don't think anyone had run it over. Did I mention that this happened just a little while ago -- when it was dark? We adjusted the load on the trailer and got back on the highway. As we were merging into traffic a few minutes later I flashed my lights to signal they could get in front of me, but they thought something else had come loose -- a good thing actually because it was just about to. We put another strap around the insulation and hit the road once again.

The rest of the ride was uneventful -- well except for when we went by the policeman directing traffic at the high school football game and they rode the brakes all the way through so it would look like there lights on.