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Back Home - Reflections
... offers a buffet with barbecue and fried chicken and lots of different vegetables. The food was good.
The remainder of the trip was uneventful. There was conversation and laughter in the van, but everyone was pretty tired and ready to get back to their own homes and families.
We did accomplish a lot more than I had expected in three days - two homes roofed, cement footers poured, ...
Work Day 3 - Final Work Day
... square hammers so they wouldn't roll off roofs.
Most of the day, since bending over or squatting were difficult for me to do, I settled for handing Dave R shingles, acting as gofer on the roof, pulling nails and staples out of board so that it could be used on some of the walls, and putting up the paper on the walls of the hours prior to adding siding and nailing it down with buttons. These jobs kept me pretty busy all ...
Work Day 2
... day without dropping any of my bottles of water off the roof. I only got half credit for that since I accidentally sent Ron's hammer sliding down the roof. I also sent a bag of shingles sliding down the roof, but luckily it stopped before it slid off.
One of the best part of the trip has been getting members of the team better. Today I got to talk to Jeff Hazel and get to know him better and also spend time with Ron ...
Work Day 1
... pooped out I first switched to throwing the removed shingles into the dumpster and then I worked at removing the roofing nails. Ron showed me how to more easily remove the nails. I have a new found appreciation fro the hammer. It is a very good fulcrum and with a very little leverage I was able to remove the nails. My big problem of the day was having my bottle of water roll off the roof. ...
Travelin' To North Carolina
... church without a hitch and when most of the group arrived we headed for Dixie Seafood House for dinner. The food was great - I had grilled shrimp and scallops with broccoli and green beans - I ate way too much. Then after dinner Lynn, Ginny and I headed to Walmart for new shoes for me, a pillow for Ron and coffee filters. I found really nice work boots - these were women's instead of ...
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