Friday, Feb 7, 2014 Playing Cath Up

I just suddenly realized that I have not posted in a couple of weeks so I am going to try and catch up.

We moved into the Habitat Campground on Saturday, Jan. 17th and on Sunday most of the rest of the team for the next two weeks arrived.  Some were new people and some were old friends.,   The only draw back to this was that the new campsites for the people that come down for the entire season was not complete so there wasn't room at this campground for all the care a vanners.  Imagine my surprise when one of the couples told me they were from Orange Va., which is about 12 miles from our home in Louisa Va. and of course they knew my best friend, Jackie Edmonds.   I can't go much of anywhere without someone knowing Jackie.  
On Monday we did not work as it was MLK Day and we all wanted to go to Webster to the FLEA Market which is only held on Monday.   Larry had to be sure he got a new black leather vest. 
Tuesday morning we met for the start of the work week and found out we would be working on two houses .   The foundations were ready for us to start framing.  We worked three and a half days and had the first house framed up before the rain stopped us.   Now we also had to deal with 29 degrees one morning but also realize our family is dealing with lots more COLD than us.
One of the highlights of this 2 weeks was the Kumquat Festival.   We  enjoyed the pie, some of the fruit and all the vendors from everywhere.   Larry says we did a 2 in 1.  First and Last. 
Jeff and Sharon Lawrence were the Team Leaders for this 2 week build and did a wonderful job. 
Last weekend on Saturday people started to leave and we were awaiting new arrivals for the next 2 weeks that Larry and I would be the Team Leaders.Again met some new faces and some "old" faces.
We started working on Monday morning and started framing on the second house to be build.  Rain again a couple of days.  
Today was a new experience.   We worked on a Woman's Build.   This is a fund raiser for Habitat and it is composed of all women, some who have built before and most who have not.  We have never worked on of these but were asked to go and be leaders and teach people how to build.   We worked about 3 hours before the rain stopped us.
We are suppose to do this again tomorrow but will know around 6:30 am if we are working or not due to weather.
Another week here and then about 2 weeks off to have a little R&R with friends  and then we are doing another Build in Thibodaux, La..  We will be working with Care A Vanners and also lots of college students.

 I will try and keep this up better but after a day of working we usually hit the sack about 9 pm.