Day 22*23 Closing In

Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz – OK, I am up  –  is it 6:30am already?!  Starting the week and looking forward to closing in on the walls on the house we are building.  A day in the hot sun and some issues putting up the walls along the front of the house, so we had to back track and take 4 panels off the front and wait for the site supervisors to figure out the issues with the panels.  Oh well, there is always tomorrow!  We worked a full day and the supervising crew are wonderful, humorous and willing to pitch in wherever needed…I feel the love 🙂

After work and showers we went into Lake Placid to see some of the shops we missed yesterday BUT they were closed so we may not get the chance to roam through the quaint old part of Lake Placid.  So we went on to happy hour and socializing with the clan here in the campground and getting to know each other better.  I have to say, it has been a wonderful experience getting to know some folks who are full time RVers and have done Habitat builds, some have been doing this for years.  One woman has been at this camp since December and has been building since she arrived.  God bless her!

Tuesday came with some overcast skies and I am happy that the sun will not be pounding on us for a few hours.  A nice relief which lasted till mid morning and even included a couple cooling spritzes.  The best part of the day was when the last wall piece was inserted, glued and nailed – a great moment captured below.  We are all closed in on the sides now and have discovered the walls shade us for some of the day – YEAH!

Paul wanted me to make sure you know the Backgammon tournament is alive and well and he feels redeemed Paul 11/Carol 8.

I have some statistics for you about hammers and nails:

-We will go through One Hundred and Thirty POUNDS of 8 penny nails (I had to spell it out, it sounded more impressive)

-130 pounds of nails equals approximately Eighteen THOUSAND Two Hundred nails

– 10 swings of the hammer for each nail equals One Hundred Eighty Two THOUSAND swings of the hammer plus about another 50,000 swings for the times the nail was missed – holy cow!  Definitely a labor of love!

Barely able to walk to the showers, we were invited to a Fat Tuesday pancake dinner hosted by a fellow Care –A –Vanner that usually does this for a fund raiser for his church but he is with us so we got a bounty of blueberry pancakes for dinner tonight.  We all kept asking Dave if we could help, bring something, anything … but he was happy to host this by himself.  It made me think that sometimes we need to be able to receive other’s gifts.  It was a nice evening of socializing with our group, laughing and having some fun.

I leave you with this… “Life is a do-it-yourself project” – Think of yourself as the carpenter.  Think about your house.  Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall.  Build wisely, it is the only life you will ever build.  Even if you live it for only one more day, that day deserves to be lived graciously and with dignity.    Much LOVE to you all.