Muscle Building Weekend

So there's this pole barn on my mom's property. 25 Feet by 35 Feet. It's a great storage area. It doubles as a garage and a place to work on small building projects--as well as house the various lawn mowing, snowblowing and weed wacking equipment. Problem is, this pole barn is packed to the brim. You can cram the lawn mowers in there, if you move the car outside of the pole barn first. You can park a car in it, if you move the lawn mowers out first.

Among the lovely 'gems' in this pole barn are:

1. Shelves broken beyond repair

2. Shelves not broken beyond repair, but stacked high with boxes of stuff that my grandfather put in there--a long time ago. He died in 1998.

3. Boxes upon boxes of stuff that my grandmother stored in there....not that long ago...she died in 2002.

4. Furniture that has warped, molded, and become nice little homes for rats, ground hogs, mice, birds, and the occasional hornet nest.

5. Lots of random tools, wires, ropes, screws, nails, dead batteries, equipment that hasn't worked since before I was born.

I wish my camera had worked so I could've taken a picture before we delved into the mess. Oh yes, we are conquering the pole barn one measly shelf at a time. We're calling it a summer project, but we'll see if it turns into a summer/fall project.

Pictures will be coming....aaaaaaaaalll summer long.