Old Mountain Woman — No, did not even THINK of using masks!! Really SHOULD HAVE!!! The dust that had been accumulating, plus all the rat (and other animal excrement), that came falling down, it was not a good idea to be breathing it!!! But we both just started in trying to clean up the mess. My bad!!!
Namelus — WOW! Getting a grouse with just a slingshot!! I’m impressed! And catching a fish for breakfast! Sounds like you could be a real “wildman” living off anything you can find in the woods. Congratulations on your overnight succes!!!
We pulled out all the screws and nails from the ceiling. I have removed all the wall decorations and and things from the shelf units so the guys will have room to work and my “pretties” won’t get broken. Hubby will go buy supplies tomorrow, and son is off on Tuesday’s, so he will come help hubby screw the drywall into the ceiling. We WERE going to add insulation and really do this right, but that will have to wait. This is just the emergency fix. Will do the rest of the ceiling and hopefully add more insulation in the spring. Just need more money, time, and a helper. Hopefully son will be available to help again later on.