Think of Climbing A Tree~ The Last Time

There are so many Titles for this blog~
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way" most certainly is appropriate.

We had no stairs in the house from Monday until last this afternoon.
WHY?
We wanted a new staircase~
We thought this project would be only an overnight deal...
BUT....
The workman came on Monday and took out three flights of stairs ...totally leaving an open staircase to the top floor.

Looking back with that 20-20...
...maybe this should have been a summer time project...WHY? Because, as they drove away Monday night snow was falling. Was only about 2 inches of tiny icy snow crystals, but that was enough to give the workmen a day off...
Their insurance didn't cover them on the icy roads... Geeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Tuesday night, conditions worsened~ we had ice to cover the snow...all roads closed ...even though we have excellent snow removal...salt/sand won't work on ice...
Therefore.....the workmen got another day off.
UGH~
WELL...
I missed going up there, covering with a warm blanket to watch TV.

I missed my very own recorded shows. The Doctors, Dr. Phil (don't watch many of those), Oprah (ditto), Medium (that is a great story each week), Judge Judy, etc...
My husband won't watch any of those...he has his own TV and programs, so we both are happy campers.
Anyway... I wanted to sleep in up there too.

I decided to make a "tree" to climb up to the top floor...
you know...this and that here and there to step on to climb higher and higher?

After several attempts...I had it high enough to reach the landing and put a ladder up from the landing to the top. From the ladder, we could reach the banister and walk the pickets across the landing to the entrance of that floor.

Dangerous, I guess, but worth the experience. Sort of fun~ and great exercise.
Husband was in shock....but as I showed him....he thought it ok. We were like two kids on a jungle gym.

We marveled at our steadiness and agility. One slip and would have been a dead duck~
My Dad would have said "That's God's way of getting rid of stupid people."
(He had little patience with anyone who takes chances.)

We even transported Jackson, the dog so he could stay with us.
TODAY, two flights of the stairs are in...am so excited...they look so beautiful.
Tonight, we can walk on the unfinished stairs to go upstairs. YEAH!
Photos to be added later tonight.