Today one of the groups from Heidelberg worked on Betty's house. Betty's house has not been touched in 5 years, since hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. When we entered the house it was packed full of junk from the floor to the ceiling. This woman was obviously a pack rat. She told us nothing was allowed to be thrown out without her approval. Believe me there was plenty of trash to throw out! Betty must have had about twenty cats at one time because that is all we could smell was mold and cats. This house was disgusting. Along with the nasty smells there was garbage all over the house and backyard. You could definitely tell that no one had touched this place literally in five years.
Throughout the process of cleaning out the house we only had pathways between the junk to maneuver everything out of the house. I have never seen so many newspapers and as seen on TV junk in my life. Overall we spent about five hours cleaning out and working on the house. In those five hours we ripped out all the drywall in the hallways from the floor to about waist high. We also cleaned out the backyard.
I feel like even though there is a lot to help Betty with still, we accomplished a lot today and I think that Betty is grateful for all we did.
<3--b
Throughout the process of cleaning out the house we only had pathways between the junk to maneuver everything out of the house. I have never seen so many newspapers and as seen on TV junk in my life. Overall we spent about five hours cleaning out and working on the house. In those five hours we ripped out all the drywall in the hallways from the floor to about waist high. We also cleaned out the backyard.
I feel like even though there is a lot to help Betty with still, we accomplished a lot today and I think that Betty is grateful for all we did.
<3--b
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