The Punch List

I got to use my first EVER Dirty Dancing analogy yesterday. It was perhaps one of the highlights of my day! Ross had this two page list of things that need to be done. It included things like truss clips, tie downs, A34 clips on the somethingerother. He led a group of us around gesturing to this and rambling something off in construction gibberish. We all nodded, and it often included snippets of "I can show you that later" or "you'll figure it out".

In the middle of one of these "I'll show you that later", I asked Ross if he'd ever seen Dirty Dancing. He said yes (Thank God or I might have fallen over.)

Me: "You know that part where he's teaching her the dance for the Sheldrake, and he says 'I'll show you that later, we'll do that later', and then they get to the hotel for the night of the performance, and she hasn't learned all those things?"

Ross: "Yeah?"

Me: "I'm in the hotel Ross."

And I WAS in the hotel...the hotel of A34 clips, porch clips and truss clips (although he was drawing me pictures, I was just CONFUSED!) We did do a good chunk of the manual labor part of the list: ripping out and replacing sheeting, putting in shear walls, adding studs and rails for cabinets and such. About the third time I trucked back up the stairs where Ross and the truss boys were rolling out trusses on Robin's house, Ross pretty much told me to finish what we knew how to do and then go build interior walls.

I've never been so happy to hammer in my life! :)

So here are the updates:

Tina's house was plumbed for water! (Duh..what else would it be plumbed for, right?) Josh, Bernie and Robert put house wrap on and installed windows. WINDOWS PEOPLE! :) Zhan's house was sheeted and had half the roofing on. Jerica, Selina, Julie and Carrie were putting up shear walls in the garage, and Anna and Brandy were sheeting the storage room. Zhan and his daughter cut out the doorways with a sawzall, put up porch sheeting, and worked on adding studs and braces. Shaun (Robert's brother), Nathan and Nathan's volunteer ripped out sheeting (ok...honestly, this was mostly Shaun busting it out from the inside with a sledge hammer much like the old kool-aid man commercials...it was both amazing and terrifying to watch) and then Brandy and Anna ripped nails out. I put some cabinet bracing thingees in with much help (I suck at "toenailing" boards in, and measuring. I'm not sure why I decided I was up for this task!) Ashlee's house had the trusses finished and she and her dad and brother were bird blocking it. Ross and the boys were rolling trusses on Robins. We have Garrett and Amanda's 1295 package delivered, and the other 2 should be coming soon. Ross ordered all the other houses on the main drag's packages to be cut!

It is truly amazing how much has gotten done. I learn something new every week (This week: AVOID THE PUNCH LIST), and I feel exhausted and full of pride when I leave. Brandy and Jody have been coming out to help, my mom has been manning the childcare front. It truly takes a village! :)



Tina's First Window!!! (And housewrap!)



Robin's Trusses

 I took lots of pictures...I'm going to post quite a few to get you up to speed! :)

This is Zhan. He's teaching me to listen closer and slow down when I talk! It's a good lesson for me! :)

Tina's house, Zhan's house, and half of Robin's house (which had trusses by the end of the day)!

PLUMBING!

Anna Helping with windows! :)

Josh housewrapping

Robert nailing something (I have no idea)

Josh, Shaun, Anna and Jody :)

That's all I have for today! :) After taking 20 minutes to upload pictures,  I think I may start an album, and then people can just check the most recent ones each week! :)

Until next week!

HB