We were looking forward to a highly productive day, even with a late start (11am), when we had a bit of a nasty surprise that put at damper on my day at least. Our new tenant (and her aunt) arrived as I was about to begin the final coat of paint on our ceiling patches and were present to discover the fact that our previous tenant HAD NOT CLEANED THE APARTMENT! When I left the apartment around 2pm yesterday she had moved out and was vaccuuming, so I assumed she would complete the job before she left. Alas, no. The bathroom sink was caked in layers of toothpaste, the kitchen sink still had food bits in it, the floor was filthy with cat food, every surface was covered in cat paw marks, all the floors hadn't been swept or mopped and so forth. And to top it all off the AUNT was being mother hen and giving US attitude like WE hadn't cleaned the place when we gave them the option of waiting for a maid service, getting rent break if they did it themselves, or having us clean it (not our 1st choice). So I was pissed off that the first part of my day had to be spent playing Molly Maid - I charge $50/hr by the way.
Steve, on the other hand, spent the day happily framing away; Adding headers, sistering studs, blocking, cleaning, hammering, screwing, kicking up dust and so on. 
Once I was done with cleaning, making lunch, pulling a few nails and taking Liam to a birthday party (Panda brought him in), I came back and was given a tutorial on the compound mitre saw. I figure if all those gals on 'Trading Spaces' can do it so can I. So I made nice with the big nasty power tool and didn't even hurt myself! Unfortunately Steve's back received a bit of a, ahem, three inch scrape on the table saw when he stood up to make room for me. Oops. With me on the compound mitre saw and Steve up the ladder with hammer nails, screw and power drill, we finished up the blocking required to vault the ceiling before we called it quits for the day.
