We came out to Aguanga last night, leaving LA around 8:10. We stopped at Home Depot for a few items and made it to the house at about 10:40. The clouds had come down so we arrived in a dense fog that lasted most of the night. Within an hour or so things were cooled off in the house for a nice quiet evening.

Today was a day of work, as a new house often is. I took a trip to the local waste transfer station to drop of a bunch of used boxes, then set about cleaning the floor of the workshop. It was (and still is, for that matter) very dirty. It had flooded during a severe storm and there was a layer of dried mud on the floor.

We wet down the floor, scrubbed it, then vacumed up the water. It made a huge difference. The process literally created mud which was then slurped up into the shop vac. We cleaned 2/3 of the space — exactly what we had planned. I then took a mop and plain water and cleaned a section we had already cleaned. I got up a bunch of mud and dirt. I can’t imagine what I would have gotten up if I had used a cleaner.

At any rate, it looks a lot better. It will be very nice once it has been thoroughly cleaned and painted.