It's been said that working for Habitat makes you look and feel years younger. Just look at me in the that first photo, the gal in the front! Okay, you're right, that's not me. It's my (to be technical about it) first cousin twice removed. On the construction site she goes by the name of Al. The photo on the top right shows the Glamor Girls of Siding. We also have some "stand-ins" but they (for reasons unknown) chose not to be in the photo. In the photo on the bottom right you can see a couple of those "stand-ins" helping put up the last siding board of the day. (I'm not saying that the sex of the "stand-ins" has anything to do with their not posing in the picture above, however...)The picture, bottom left, addresses the age old question of what came first, the chicken or the egg. In this case it's do you put the soffit up first so you can nail it from below or do you put the roof on first so you can nail it from above? Once you make your decision, how do you nail the other one? Bigger minds than mine have been pondering the question all week and at the end of today, still no roof or soffit there. And this is in spite of John's construction of a "Superman Changing Room". Someone (whose legs will go unidentified) tried to make the change but it was too hot here in Texas to get off those blasted knee pads!
As you might have surmised, this was the last day of this build. (I'm sure our construction supervisor is saying, "Yelp, it's time for these folks to move on...") Over the next two week some of our fellow volunteers plan to stay around to finish up a few details. It also gives the professionals times to come spray in insulation and put up sheetrock. Then another group of Care-A-Vanners will arrive for three weeks to finish up the house. If you're looking for a fun way to get away and do something constructive while enjoying life, working for Habitat is a great way to do it.
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