Bouncing off the WALLS!

That's right...WALLS! When I got to the site this morning, Tina's house had TWO walls! I mean, it looks like a house, even more than last week when I said it looks like a house! :)

So when I got there, wall number 3 was laying down (that's how you build walls) and they were just getting ready to nail all the sheeting in. So yes, I hammered for four hours again, but it was AWESOME! So you nail all the sheeting in, then Ross says some secret prayer and must give a sacrifice to the gods of construction, because the lot of us lift up this HUGE wall and set it upright! I mean really! It is the most AMAZING feeling...I mean I put a wall up today! (Well, actually 2! And some little interior closet walls, too). When I arrived, a chunk of people were leaving, so it was Anna "one-gun" and I representing the girl population, and a crew of the boys. Luckily we are expert hammerers (although Ross kept trying to give me a hammering lesson...I'd like to point out that his hammer weighs SEVEN OUNCES less than mine...sounds minor but it's not!). So all four main exterior walls are up and braced, all the windows and doors have been routered out, and four of the interior walls (which don't require sheeting and are SO much easier!) have been constructed to make 2 closets and a linen closet. I'm still totally excited to be out there and to be learning and doing so much! :)

The one thing I am a little stressed out about is HOURS!!! We have to do 20 this week, and next week starts 30!!! This is a huge fiasco because Ahren and I are essentially single parents from 5 am til 10:30 pm, which means neither of us can be out at the property Mon-Fri without MUCH arranging and inconvienencing of others! SO, we try to get all 20-30 hours of our work done Saturday and Sunday. It's stressful and I'm a little freaked out about it. Ahren and I constantly remind each other that this is going to be a crazy nutso year, and we'll hardly see each other, but it will be SO worth it! :)

I'm going to attach several pictures of Miss Tina's house! :) SO FUN!

Tina's EXCELLENT view of the Ben-Judah's "house"

That's me! Looking out Tina's front window openings!

House from the front! SO COOL! :)

Upstairs, shower and and walls (and floor!)

Inside the garage

Interior closet walls, window opening to the rt and door opening to the lt

That's all for this week! Ahren's going back tomorrow to half-mudsill the Ben-Judah home! YAY! :) It's so much fun to see everyone every week and really be making progress! Until next week!

Heather