We did a ton of work on Day 1
Originally we didn’t think we’d be doing any work on the walls, instead working on preparing to put down a slab…
But we were happy to find out that were going to be working on erecting walls on a nice clean slab
We’ve got a TON of pictures, and have put them in some scattered order that we hope to clean up, but right now, we’re trying to go to sleep, but wanted to share them with you.
So here’s some highlights from day 1
Some things of note:
- All 10 of us were able to work together and adopted Doug from another Baptist church.
- It felt like we built two houses, but it was only one. The blueprints we had were reverse and mirrored from what we actually had, so it took a while to find out which way was left, right and up.
- Heat’s not too bad.. yet.
- Peter with the wrist problems experienced an equipment malfunction, launching a hammer at Steve. Yes, (I) Peter was hammering with my right hand, but know that I had that one in a wrist brace a month ago.
- A wall almost fell on Gary and Peter when a gust of wind came. It missed them by four inches. Breaking one of the 2×4’s, but nothing on those two guys.
- Steve’s Personality is showing quite a bit.. and yes, he’s now known as the “Cut Man” because he’s in charge of all (yes, all.. gulp) the power tools. We stand clear when he’s working…
- The walls for our house was apparently built up in Washington by Expedia Inc. in June 2006
- The shower that I (Peter) took was one of the best experiences in my life
- Finally, at the end of the pictures is a series of shoes. My (Yes, me again, Peter), had a clothing malfunction, my favorite hiking shoes decided that 7 years was too long to live and fell apart/disintegrated/exploded, et al. Tommy tried to repair them with Saran Wrap, trying to pull upon his Macgyver skills.