NIGHT OUT

ok last night the group went out to dinner and what a good time was had...it was alot of laughs..we had a great waitress who played jokes on us..like bringing a cup of coffee and pretending to trip and it spill on the one who was gettingthe coffee...crooked forks came with the salad-etc...then about 30-40 red hat ladies came in and they were about as entertaining as the waitress..they all wantd to talk and ask us where we were from..when they heard NEW YORK they asked about all the snow...

olga is one of the new home owners who came every day and worked very hard for her house and wanting to learn new skills...she only has about 70 hrs left to do and lar and i donated our hrs to her so she should be done...she plans on coming back to work even thou her hrs will be completed..just a good lady who has been waiting for 3 years for a house..she lost her mother this past summer and said that coming to work for her house and at habitat got her out of depression...these stories sure makes us feel good that we can help someone out who is also trying to help themselves...

so this 2 week build has come to an end and we've met new friends..played in the mud and even hammered in a few nails...so now we are headed for a wee bit of R&R and hop it dosen't rain..last night we had heavy rain with high winds...

the one picture is of the make shift dump that was made by lar for all of us to dump in... have a good weekend

LAST WORK DAY

today is the last wake up day of work here in galliano..it has been a good build as we can see some things that have gotten done...it is not as organized as some we've been on and the site supervisor needs to go to some classes on how to be a "BOSS" he leaves something to be desired...

last night we went to a supporter of habitat house for dinner and a nice evening was had by all..the only problem with it was it was an hr's drive from our site...but we were home by 9...

there is another group of builders at another site so it was nice to meet them ...not sure how much will get done after we leave as there is NOT another care-a-van group on the schedule to come here but there are some college groups and one comes next week after we are all gone..some of the group are headed to another build..we have checked into austin ,teexas again and right now aren't sure about that build as thye only seem to work 2 days a week..if not austin then we may find one someplace on our travels..still gooing to austin tou need to visit matt and lindsey..

yesterday lar-tony-ken worked on finishing a door in one of the houses a double one to be exact...as things gok it wasn't a perfect fit right of the bat so they had to ;modifity it and it finally fitr..

caroline and i spent part of the morning helping with siding till it got that there was more than needed so we went to the trailer where all the tools and supples are stored and it was a mess...you can guess what we then did..spent the rest of the day cleaning and straighing it up..hope the amer corp kids that come back today that are in charge of it notice that it is idfferent...a person can now find what is needed and it is labeled...

it has been a good 2 weeks but we are ready to move on to something different..heading to a state park on the beach..about an hr away from here..grand isle is the name of the park..we aren't sure if we will have wi-fi and hope to be surprised as we have before...so again don't worry if you don't hear from us..enjoy the snow in the northeast....

TUESDAY BRRRRRR

today was a cold day to work everyone was all bundles up and the wind blew all day which made it even cooler to work outside all day...but we did it...lar spent the time finishing up the vinyl siding on the house he and tony have been working on and i bet they did a hip-hip-hooray when they were done...i was walking mitch or mught even been in the shower when they finished...

now for me i spent the day working on siding on a house across the street from where lar was...we got up as far as we can go..even with scaffolding..and NO i did not go up on it...i was the ground goooooooofer...someone has to do it...i have done some work on the ladder but only so high..

tonight is game night but with some heavy appetizers...now what are heavy appetizers well they just take place of dinner...soup-c heese and crackers-meatballs-etc you get the idea.....

not sure what tomorrow weather will be...have heard that maybe rain..and we have heard that there is a possible nor'easter at home..so at home they get snow and we get rain-wind-chill-etc...going south this winter has not meant warm temps...yesterday has been the best so far this winter...i even worked in short sleeves by afternoon and wore shorts to social hour after work...

go figure

SUNDAY-DAY OFF

up and oon our way by 9am this morning...the plan was to go to another national park..then go into new orleans..and we did it...the national park was most interesting and the movie we watch there was good and tony and lar sang thru the whole thing...when there was music the words were on the screen so they just sang along..didn't take the time to hike one of the trails as we wanted to go into new orleans and thought we run out of time (which we did)...

then on to the navy base so tony could buy some red dog (beer) ( he is retired air force) and can get onto all the bases also camp at them if they have a fam-camp...after the red dog was in the car it was time to continue the adventure...

so on to the ferry that goes across the MISSISSIPPI RIVER to new orleans only costs 1.00 per each car not per person for both ways...so away we went to find a parking space..finally we found one and it was time for coffee and bignets (fancy donut)at cafe demound (a famous place in new orleans)..after the coffee it was time to walk around for awhile which we did...and of course a visit to the national park in the city...there are two and one of them was closed today..go figure on the weekend for a national park to be closed..so we missed that stamp...

so this weekend we got three....the start of getting stamps has begun...caroline has many more stamps than i do so she and tony are giving us pointers as to where we can get the most...and which national parks and near each other and easy to get to..

tomorrow will be the second week of work here then we move on ...our plan is to go to grand isle a state park not to far from here on the coast here in lousiana for 5 days then make our way to austin...not sure if we will have wi-afi at the park so don't worry if there is nothing posted after sat...hope to get alot done this week enjoy your week...

TRYING AGAIN

i am tryingto send the picture from yesterday

PICTURES

ok here are the pictures that were suppose to go with the last posting...i think the problem must be due to having a low connection...sorry still no pictures will try later...

SAT-DAY OFF

first i'll tell you about the pictures..one is of lar and his new canadian friend thomas...they worked most all week together and i think thomas took a liking to lar and tony...as he looked them up every day to see what they were going to do..

then we took a day trip to houma and thibadaux to sight see and look at some of the houses that tony and caroling woked on 2yrs ago in an area called bayou blue where oprah and bon jovi donated many dollars to rebuild...in the project there are to be 76 houses as we were told..not too many more to build

the houses with the white pillars are housses that oprah paid for the landscaping and also furnished the furniture for them..

then we went on to a nationa; park where I got the first stamp of the trip...not the hope is to get many more..

can you believe that i am in shorts...it is warm right now but who knows for how long (as soon as the sun goes down i think the long pants will go back on)..so i guess we are finally feeling that we are in the south..even heated up the rig --glad i opened up a vent for mitch...yesterfday was the last day for the college kids from canada and they have a 28 hr ahead ofthem..they hadn't left by 11 am..their plan is to drive straight thru..they have to stop at the border to pick up their passports...they had trouble crossing the border as the US thought they were comingdown her to work for pay...and who would come all that way to volunteer..they were at the border over 4 hrs when they came donw..hope they don't have that kinda of probelm going back...

rain is in the forecast for sun afternoon and mon so right now we will probally have another day off aas there isn't much inside work to do as the plaster guys aren't done with their work yet...maybe it will be a cleaning day but i sure shouldn't count on it now as you all know how the weather man predicts....time will tell...