Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
pics from my last round in waveland, mississippi
our room in mississippi...the bed with the pirate flag is mine...they call me captain davy long hairs
our common area at Camp Salvage...which we came to call Camp Savage
the first house we worked on...i did the roof for this bad boy and you can see the natural progression of the house in the next picture where it has been weatherproofed and the siding has started to go up
siding the whole house usually takes a couple of days which involves a lot of measuring and levelling...siding is very easy to mess up on
more of the first house...we worked on this house about 2 weeks max before we started on the big boy...
the framing up for our prize build...the 2 story house...the first done by habitat in mississippi and i built it...ground up...
more of the framing...the 3 things you see on the top are ceiling joists...its what supports the floor of the second floor
after all the ceiling joists are up...we have to climb up and balance on them to start making the floors for the second floor...
me and jesse...a volunteer from kansas...she was so awesome
13-15 feet off the ground balancing on half foot wide beams making the floor systems...
scott and i MADE those roof rafters ourselves...we built that roof...we really did
the scranton girls...i must admit that when first hearing that we d be working with 20 high school girls...we werent too excited...but that turned out to be one of the best weeks...they were amazing...
me and stephanie...from scranton, PA...she was awesome and still is...
more of the lovely scranton girls...
the 2 story house lookin a little how it did towards the end...
my team and i with our amazing and awesome crew leaders...mistie, dan, stephen, and chris "casanova"...
thats me at the VERY top of the house nailing in some of the rafters so we can build that roof...
me and scott were the obvious badasses of our team...the habitat crew leaders always had me and scott doin a project on our own...they trusted us to do everything and it was really cool...
helping people out on the roof...
framing the second floor...
leann, me and chris in new orleans...
our room in mississippi...the bed with the pirate flag is mine...they call me captain davy long hairs
our common area at Camp Salvage...which we came to call Camp Savage
the first house we worked on...i did the roof for this bad boy and you can see the natural progression of the house in the next picture where it has been weatherproofed and the siding has started to go up
siding the whole house usually takes a couple of days which involves a lot of measuring and levelling...siding is very easy to mess up on
more of the first house...we worked on this house about 2 weeks max before we started on the big boy...
the framing up for our prize build...the 2 story house...the first done by habitat in mississippi and i built it...ground up...
more of the framing...the 3 things you see on the top are ceiling joists...its what supports the floor of the second floor
after all the ceiling joists are up...we have to climb up and balance on them to start making the floors for the second floor...
me and jesse...a volunteer from kansas...she was so awesome
13-15 feet off the ground balancing on half foot wide beams making the floor systems...
scott and i MADE those roof rafters ourselves...we built that roof...we really did
the scranton girls...i must admit that when first hearing that we d be working with 20 high school girls...we werent too excited...but that turned out to be one of the best weeks...they were amazing...
me and stephanie...from scranton, PA...she was awesome and still is...
more of the lovely scranton girls...
the 2 story house lookin a little how it did towards the end...
my team and i with our amazing and awesome crew leaders...mistie, dan, stephen, and chris "casanova"...
thats me at the VERY top of the house nailing in some of the rafters so we can build that roof...
me and scott were the obvious badasses of our team...the habitat crew leaders always had me and scott doin a project on our own...they trusted us to do everything and it was really cool...
helping people out on the roof...
framing the second floor...
leann, me and chris in new orleans...Monday, September 3, 2007
close to the end...
sorry about never posting for anybody that DOES happen to keep up with this blog...i m back in denver on my week break currently...i m headed to new york city on wednesday morning for a couple of days to see sandy who i havent seen in a really really long time...its been quite a while since we lived together so i m really lookin forward to seein her...
the last project in mississippi was awesome...i couldnt have gotten a better project with habitat...i can now basically say that i helped build a 2 story home from the ground up...its an awesome feeling...i helped build almost every aspect of that house...
after our break here...i ll be headed off to my last project for the last 2 months...i ll be in des moines, iowa!!!! doesnt get much more mid west than that...hahha so i m pretty excited...we ll be living in cabins...workin for the iowa conservation board i think....where i ll be doing some trail building, invasive species removal, and maybe even some controlled burns...which sounds really exciting...
this wont be too long of a post because the coffee shop that i m at is gonna close soon...the internet in our dorms hasnt been working for the past week so it really sucks cuz if you dont know yourself...everyone is quite dependent on the net these days...i cant type too well becuase if you havent heard...i ve been wearing splints on my left middle and ring fingers for the past month because i tore 2 tendons in them...dont worry...it didnt hurt at all and sounds worse than it really is...it just looks funny...ive got to wear the splints for another month so i m almost there...
thanks to anyone and everyone that remembers me in their thoughts...it is much appreciated...i ve been contemplating what to do after this is done and i ve actually decided to try for another term!!!! but this time as a team leader...i just wanted to opportunity to be able to influence just like myself...now that i know a little more of what i wanna do, i just want to help someone who was like me when i first joined the program...i think it ll be a great leadership opportunity for me...keep your fingers crossed...i ll try to keep everyone updated...but i gotta go...they re turning off the lights on me...i know that without pictures this site is pretty plain...so hopefully next time i ll be able to fix that...
join americorps if you dont know what you wanna do...ask me questions about anything...its been an awesome experience to really live for others...take care all
the last project in mississippi was awesome...i couldnt have gotten a better project with habitat...i can now basically say that i helped build a 2 story home from the ground up...its an awesome feeling...i helped build almost every aspect of that house...
after our break here...i ll be headed off to my last project for the last 2 months...i ll be in des moines, iowa!!!! doesnt get much more mid west than that...hahha so i m pretty excited...we ll be living in cabins...workin for the iowa conservation board i think....where i ll be doing some trail building, invasive species removal, and maybe even some controlled burns...which sounds really exciting...
this wont be too long of a post because the coffee shop that i m at is gonna close soon...the internet in our dorms hasnt been working for the past week so it really sucks cuz if you dont know yourself...everyone is quite dependent on the net these days...i cant type too well becuase if you havent heard...i ve been wearing splints on my left middle and ring fingers for the past month because i tore 2 tendons in them...dont worry...it didnt hurt at all and sounds worse than it really is...it just looks funny...ive got to wear the splints for another month so i m almost there...
thanks to anyone and everyone that remembers me in their thoughts...it is much appreciated...i ve been contemplating what to do after this is done and i ve actually decided to try for another term!!!! but this time as a team leader...i just wanted to opportunity to be able to influence just like myself...now that i know a little more of what i wanna do, i just want to help someone who was like me when i first joined the program...i think it ll be a great leadership opportunity for me...keep your fingers crossed...i ll try to keep everyone updated...but i gotta go...they re turning off the lights on me...i know that without pictures this site is pretty plain...so hopefully next time i ll be able to fix that...
join americorps if you dont know what you wanna do...ask me questions about anything...its been an awesome experience to really live for others...take care all
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