Habitatting

Ashley and i headed out today for a build. Richmond Habitat is building a whole neighborhood of 18 or 20 houses. One of them is their first ADA (American Disabilities) compliant house. There were several volunteer groups out there today and most of the office staff that Ashley works with.

Ashley's boss has twin girls who turned 16 this week and as their birthday party, they wanted to work on a Habitat house and invite about 40 of their friends (including 3 brave guys). Ashley joined their group in blue (the mom bought them ALL, including the adults, bright aqua shirts). They painted for the day.

i worked with a mixed group of Carmax folks and people from St. Mary's on another house. One of the Habitat professional construction people put me to a task and i found a mother and daughter and they were joined by a man and two women in their 60's who were total rock stars and did a great job pounding nails and moving ladders around. i discovered by the end of the day that they compromised most of the "i stay on the ground" crew. Most of the young Carmax and St. Mary's people were on the roof.

It was sort of a hoot to go expecting to learn more about construction (i haven't helped build a Habitat house in a couple years) and instead ended up leading a six person crew and showing them how to build a house. i hope to get out there again soon to help. i really like getting some exercise and volunteering for them. Although, Ashley tells me i got a bit of a sunburn today.