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:)
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Thursday Fun!
We had a great day here in Mullens, however, it's nearly LIGHTS OUT time so we will hopefully post more details about today's adventure tomorrow! Good Night!
Wonderful Wednesday!
OK! Here's the update for Wednesday at ASP!
Don't touch my Stuff (Chuck and Andrea)
After waking up VERY early, we ate muffins and such. Then we got ready to leave. We went our new house for the first time. We dug six holes and framed the deck and filled the holes with cement. Roy was with us so we measured and leveled everything about 83 times. So the deck is going to be perfect. We had a good day and are looking forward to another good day! (written by Meredith Medlin)
Cellular Phone (Lance and Becky)
We insulated most of the living room and applied drywall as well. We ate lunch with our family, a couple with their 3 year old son and 3 month old son. However, the highlight of our day was when we stopped to get gas and joined the state championship girls' softball caravan as we pulled out. We were hailed as heroes! State champions baby!
A Late One (Lizz and Jan)
We continued working on our 18 step staircase. We left earlier in the morning and stayed later in the afternoon just to try and get as much of the job done as possible. It was frustrating because certain pieces of the wood wouldn't fit in the current spot even though we measured twice and cut once. I played with a little girl and boy today for about an hour jumping on the trampoline. The kids made me smile because they were so happy. Our group is bonding well and we are making progress. It has been a good week so far!
Nacho Cheese (Scott J. and Lynn)
Hi! This is Geordan from Nacho Cheese working in Glen Rogers, WV and we had some bad news when we arrived at our worksite. Our family's mother was sick today so we could not continue our project in the bathroom. So instead, we painted some outside trim and installed two storage doors. Thanks for all the prayers. We're having a great week and a fun time!
Counting Crows (Dave and Wendy)
We nailed all the spindles on the deck, finished 90% or the rail capping, and started on the stairs. Margaret came out and talked to us for awhile. She gave each of us a dollar coin and we got to meet some more of her family. We are looking forward to tomorrow!
Bar of Soap (Chad and Ruth)
Well, we started out the day undoing some of the previous day's work, We then proceeded to measure,m cut and nail boards for the insulation to attach under the house. After lots of time, we completed the insulation project under the house. We also finished the daughter's room and she was jubilant to say the least! We finished our week's work and said our goodbyes to the family!
Alphabet Soup (Debbie, Scott and Kim)
We celebrated Holden's birthday with a delicious lunch at Subway. We completed the tin roof on the back deck. We started replacing flooring in the bathroom. We had lots of nice visits with Miss Barbara.
Welcome Home (Mac and Tracey)
We started the hallway and finished mudding and taping the ceiling and also had the privilege of working with our new youth pastor, Andy. The day began to grow frustrating as we ran into complications with the drywall in the hall and our moods became congruent with the weather as our work came to as close. Leaving a few things unfinished we look forward to completing our work over the next two days.
Candy Cane (Rick, Joanne and Yvonne)
Today we completed a 27 foot support beam under the floor and built concrete support pillars. This was scheduled to take all day but by finishing early we will be rewarded with additional work. The work would have been much easier (and cleaner) if is had not been raining under the house (above us). The hot water heater in the bathroom is rusted out and the bathroom floor is very wet. So tomorrow we will replace the hot water heater and subflooring (possibly). Having a peachy time. All kids are working hard!!!
More tonight!!!
Don't touch my Stuff (Chuck and Andrea)
After waking up VERY early, we ate muffins and such. Then we got ready to leave. We went our new house for the first time. We dug six holes and framed the deck and filled the holes with cement. Roy was with us so we measured and leveled everything about 83 times. So the deck is going to be perfect. We had a good day and are looking forward to another good day! (written by Meredith Medlin)
Cellular Phone (Lance and Becky)
We insulated most of the living room and applied drywall as well. We ate lunch with our family, a couple with their 3 year old son and 3 month old son. However, the highlight of our day was when we stopped to get gas and joined the state championship girls' softball caravan as we pulled out. We were hailed as heroes! State champions baby!
A Late One (Lizz and Jan)
We continued working on our 18 step staircase. We left earlier in the morning and stayed later in the afternoon just to try and get as much of the job done as possible. It was frustrating because certain pieces of the wood wouldn't fit in the current spot even though we measured twice and cut once. I played with a little girl and boy today for about an hour jumping on the trampoline. The kids made me smile because they were so happy. Our group is bonding well and we are making progress. It has been a good week so far!
Nacho Cheese (Scott J. and Lynn)
Hi! This is Geordan from Nacho Cheese working in Glen Rogers, WV and we had some bad news when we arrived at our worksite. Our family's mother was sick today so we could not continue our project in the bathroom. So instead, we painted some outside trim and installed two storage doors. Thanks for all the prayers. We're having a great week and a fun time!
Counting Crows (Dave and Wendy)
We nailed all the spindles on the deck, finished 90% or the rail capping, and started on the stairs. Margaret came out and talked to us for awhile. She gave each of us a dollar coin and we got to meet some more of her family. We are looking forward to tomorrow!
Bar of Soap (Chad and Ruth)
Well, we started out the day undoing some of the previous day's work, We then proceeded to measure,m cut and nail boards for the insulation to attach under the house. After lots of time, we completed the insulation project under the house. We also finished the daughter's room and she was jubilant to say the least! We finished our week's work and said our goodbyes to the family!
Alphabet Soup (Debbie, Scott and Kim)
We celebrated Holden's birthday with a delicious lunch at Subway. We completed the tin roof on the back deck. We started replacing flooring in the bathroom. We had lots of nice visits with Miss Barbara.
Welcome Home (Mac and Tracey)
We started the hallway and finished mudding and taping the ceiling and also had the privilege of working with our new youth pastor, Andy. The day began to grow frustrating as we ran into complications with the drywall in the hall and our moods became congruent with the weather as our work came to as close. Leaving a few things unfinished we look forward to completing our work over the next two days.
Candy Cane (Rick, Joanne and Yvonne)
Today we completed a 27 foot support beam under the floor and built concrete support pillars. This was scheduled to take all day but by finishing early we will be rewarded with additional work. The work would have been much easier (and cleaner) if is had not been raining under the house (above us). The hot water heater in the bathroom is rusted out and the bathroom floor is very wet. So tomorrow we will replace the hot water heater and subflooring (possibly). Having a peachy time. All kids are working hard!!!
More tonight!!!
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