OK, here's the deal! Here are the blogs from YESTERDAY (Thursday). . .the blogs from TODAY (Friday) will be posted soon. . . I hope!

Don’t Touch My Stuff (Chuck and Andrea)
Today we were dragging a little bit with ‘mid- week” fatigue, but we trudged through. We dug 3 post holes, nailed in almost an entire deck and cut three stair treads. Pretty impressive for 8 exhausted people! Tomorrow we have a few finishing touches and we will have completed a 4 ½ day project in 3 days! We are ready for tomorrow and ready to bring our experiences home to our friends and families.

Nacho Cheese (Lynn and Scott)
Today was a very eventful day! After leaving the center we made an unplanned 30 minute trip to Rite Aid. While we waited on Lynn, Morgan and MB painted their fingernails 10 different colors. Then when we got to our worksite, an ambulance was leaving. Billy had been bitten by a spider and was being taken to the hospital! Together we finished all of our outside work in thirty minutes and took the rest of the day off . We had a very rough day laying around the pool. We will finish our work on the bathroom tomorrow. Tonight we had our family picnic. Carlos, Gloria, Latisha and Cody all came and had a great time.

Alphabet Soup (Scott R. Debbie and Kim)
Kim gets our MC Hammer Award for being such a trooper. Mr. Scott is the man! Tomorrow is our last day and we should be finished with our projects! Had a great picnic tonight!

Welcome Home (Mac and Tracey)
We finished the drywall in the hall and mudded the ceiling. After eating lunch, we went to visit Priddy’s to look for tiles for the ceiling. Tammy and Clarence wanted to rest so we left. Actually they threw us out of the house. We visited Tamarak in Beckley and had an awesome time at the picnic.

Bar of Soap (Chad and Ruth)
Today we had to go to another group’s house because we had finished our project. We helped them put in steps. First we measured and cut all the wood while the other group put up the stringers. Today we used a table saw, a jigsaw, a circular saw, and a chop saw to cut the wood. We cut the wood 38 inches for the steps and then began to nail the steps in. After making sure the steps were level we cleaned up our work station and began our way back to the center. On the way back we were fortunate enough to stop back by our original house and visit with our original family.

Cellular Phone (Lance and Becky)
We finished the ceiling! Our group finally put up the rest of the insulation in the kitchen and the last of the living room. Also, we finished up the ceiling dry wall and got it all secured. All that is left to do is the mudding and taping for the ceiling. Then tonight our family joined us at the picnic. We had a great time visiting with Danny, Andrea, Sara Lou, Jacob and Chase. Can’t wait to go back and finish their home tomorrow!

Candy Cane (Rick, Yvonne, Joanne)
It was a hot blazing morning followed by a blazing hot afternoon. We began by digging trenches around the outskirts of the house for support for the underpinning. This tedious task took an extremely long time due to the rocky soil. We placed treated 2x4’s in the trenches and secured them with rebar. Then we attached more treated 2x4’s to the joists on the underside of the house. Rick and Worth began to replace the leaking hot water heater in the bathroom. To their surprise, there were three layers of wood flooring (rather than only one) to remove first. They did not finish but left immediately to return to New Bern. If you see them tell them to come back and finish!!!

Well, didn't hear from 2 teams tonight. . . they must have been having too much fun to write in the blog today! More news tomorrow:)