THIRD DAY OF WORK

ANOTHER HOT DAY OF WORK...STARTED UP ALL BUNDLED UP AS IT WAS ONLY 35 OUT...but it didn't take long for the sun to come and heat things up...hardly NO wind but lots of water and sun screen...

today was a day for inside walls and the plumbing to be started..lots of small stuff that you couldn't see...not sure what is on tap for tomorrow but maybe the roof rafters--sheating--moar electrical work--plumbing...

it is nice to leave at the end of the day and see as much progress as we seem to have made..

tonight ofto the ranch for an habitat dinner with the president--understand we have to go thru 2 locked gates (they gave us the secret code) so my guess it will be something we aren't used too


we also understand that most all the stores-restaurants-business close at noon on sat and are closed all day sunday...back in the 50's i guess --they sure believe in a day of rest--we also understand that there is to be a rodeo right in our campground (city park) so it is going to be an interesting weekend...we will need to fit laundry in some time ahhahaha or we will still have dirty clothes for next week and this weeks are all ready dirty...

SECOND DAY OF WORK

the temp this morning was 32 degrees and rather cold so we bundled up a tad...but it didn't take long to shed a layer or two...lar and i started the day out in the warehouse building inside walls as a matter of fact finishing up the walls as some of them were built yesterday...lunch was served by the catholic church then we got of a tour of the church which ws build 1823 so we got the history of the church...

after lunch it was back to the site of the house where i got involved in help building recycle bins made out of pallets...lar help cut the rafters for maybe tomorrow...some of the inside waslls got put so it is really beginning to look like a house...

we are finding that this is a good place to be...lots to do and we are meeting some interesting people...tomorrow night we are off to a ranch for dinner..the [president of the local habitat has invited the group for dinner ...we understand that it is a place that we all could move into...

the house is near a cAttle auction whhich takes place on monday so we are all thinking we ought to go buy a cow -pigs and chickens hahaha...

FIRST DAY OF WORK

our first day of work was very productive... it was a very windy day...but NO rain and the area is praying for some...haven't had any since sept..

pictures are of how it looked like we we started this morning just s slab...then the wall started to be put together and 3 of them went up..they mom and dad worked with us all day and the mom went to get the kids out of school wehn the first wall went up and were they excited..they even pounded in a nail oir two and did al little help on the house...to make things even great for the family it was the parents 14th anniversary so it was just that much more special for them..

it has been a differnt build so far and a good group of care-a-vanners to be working with...we are building a green house meaning we are using all the recycled products we can and making it very sustaina ble...the house they built last year electric bill has only been around 30$ a n]month and the electric company wanted th change the meter a s they thought it was faulty hahaha it wasn't...the house also gets solor panel hot water heater which can switch over to electic is the need arrises...the house is air tight enough the a/c is hardly used...so all this is differnt to us and we are learning some new things...maybe we ought to do all this on our house at home..excpet we don't have the sun as much as here in texas...

on wed we are invited out to a ranch for dinner..i asked if they had cowboys and indians...i was told yep..so that ought to be an interesting night...not sure what we will be served but it is at he presidents house for the local habitat...

we are served lunch every day byt the local churches and business ...so i just have to be careful not to eat too much..i would have gone back for secnds today but i told myself NO you don't need it even if it is good...i don't want to have to go buy new clothes ....so far so good and all's well donw here in mason...

LOST PICTURES

i was told that for some reason the pictures i put on the blog a few days ago had iisappeared so i am putting them back again...for sure i don't knw why other than the wrong click of the mouse or something...

the pictures are of lar and mat enjoying the round rock famous donut...and we are on the chisom trail and the rock where round rock got it's name...funny how i silly rock in a river can be the name for something...but where did ithaca come from...also some other names we know...enjoy the evening.,...we are gong to...

we need to rest up

MASON

we have now arrived in mason, tx and will be here for the next 3 weeks...we drove thru town and it reminds us of an old texas town..and expect to see gunslingers come out of some of the buildings very soon...they won't be in the saloon as it is a dry county...

we have met some of the fellow habiters and one couple we built with last year del and margaret so we wspent to afternoon with them goong over last year and comparing notes...several other couples have also come in but we have only met them so far..

we understand that we will be served lunch evey day so i've for sure have got to be good and not make this a 10 pound build or even a 5 pound build....i've just got to say NO and use a small plate etc...but time will tell...

at this byuild the first 3 week group gets the houe ready for the sheet rockers to come in ...then the next 3 week group finishes the house so in 6 weeks time a house is ready to move into...the house we will be building will be for a family of 7...5 kids and of course mom and dad so it will be intersting...

we have very weak wi-fi signal so pictures may be spotty and i hope this goes...

ROUND ROCK

WE ARE STILL IN ROUND ROCK AND HOPE TO GET bf2 BACK THIS AFTERNOON...i guess they are replacing the cruise control what reveer that has to do with the cruise control beats me but that is wahat the engineers said to do to it...and who knows if that will fix the \ problem ...we have been asked by the sdealer if it does not fix that problem can we come back so we may be returning to round rock after the build in mason and visiting in san antonio...we will just change our plan and see things we haven't seen before in another direction...just got to roll with it ...

we have been given a loaner truck so we haven't been house bound but we haven't done one heck of a lots either...good time to crochett which i have done so a couple more shawls done and a few beanies...

PRESIDENTS DAY 2011

we have developed another slight problem with the truck..it is the cruise control and the problem is that when we have it in cruise on the interstate all of a sudden it decided we shouldn't be using it so it just cuts off...not stopping us but then we have to use the gas pedal...sooooo lar decided that after several calls to on star and chevy tech people we could get it fixed here in round rock...so that is where the truck is right now...

while in mason and we would be busy building would have been a good time to take it to a dealer but the closest to mason ins 30 miles away..so it was decided to stay put another day and take it to a dealer here as there was one about 5 miles away..that's wherfe we took the truck this morning..they gave us a ride back to the rig so we arre hanging out in the rig today...

a good day to drabg out the vcacuum-dust rag-mop-broom-so i bet you can guess what i am going to do today...clean..lar thought maybe he'd start a book..most years we read several books while traveling but so far this year neither have read one...i am busy crochetting and lar has been reading magazines that he needs to catch up on...