Bright eyed and busy tailed, our group was on the road to the job site by 7:30 a.m. (a stretch for some of the RV'ers who are used to sleeping until 9:00).First task - build door & windows headers and frames for the house we'll be working on. The local affiliate is very well organized and had us doing this step on the site where another of the houses will be built. In the meantime, three of our team were at the actual job site laying out the walls so they'll be ready to be nailed first thing on Wednesday morning.
Second task - help move supplies from the second floor warehouse they had been using to a ground floor warehouse that was much easier to access. Stoves, refrigerators, range hoods (Whirlpool continues to donate ALL the appliances used in Habitat houses - not a small donation. This affiliate alone has built over 100 homes.) went on the first truckload (and it turns out that was the easy load.) Next came 5 gallon buckets of paint (Valspar donates all the paint used in Habitat houses - the affiliate pays shipping) - HEAVY! (I took photos...). Boxes & boxes & boxes of floor tile, windows (light in comparison) etc. etc. - enough for two more BIG truckloads. Robert, the big guy in the photo, was our supervisor (probably a good assignment for him since he's a prison guard so was very capable of seeing that we got the job got done).
By the time the trucks were unloaded we were all VERY glad our first work day was over. The Magnolia Retirement Home across the way looked awfully inviting!!!!HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! (you probably will not be surprised to learn that none of us stayed up long enough to see the ball drop...)
