Team Spirit
The Rooky Webmaster’s home has been disassembled for about 3 months. The floors have been exposed to the subflooring. The walls have been stripped of any wood trim. A floor has been raised, a room drywalled, and the first floor painted. The woman of the house has led this charge. I have been in charge of the charge cards! Ouch!! Even though we haven’t been able to sit down to dinner many days, and the TV has been disconnected from the world, a real progress has been made.
What has been observed is the determination of my wife to involve the children in the process. They have weilded tools of destruction, orbital sanders, rollers, and many other weapons of mass construction. My wife tells me we are nearing the end. The end of what I ponder. The end of our sanity! The end of life as last known! Working about an hour from home limits my participation in this rebuilding. I get to trim the windows, doors, repair the flooring, etc.
With all that has gone on, I want to profess that my family understands team work. They work well to accomplish the goals of home improvement. They know that they have the strength or time. They will also be able to have their friends over and proclaim “I did that”, or “I built this floor”, or “drywalled this room”. During their team work, they’ve learned new skills and have a better appreication of what goes on during home improvements.
I have observed many physical and intangible home improvements during this exercise. To this I say “thanks Pat for your motiviation to improve our house”.