Nov 9th update
David, Toby (David’s wife, who joined us today and we are all very glad to meet her) and the Biloxi Babes have been enjoying the blue skies, not the Biloxi blues.
Dan and Cynthia’s house is moving along very quickly. One entire side has had the siding put up. This has been done without any level available - and it is very even!! Although some people dispute the claim of being level-less. Inside the Babes have been hard at work putting the 2nd or 3rd mud coats on the walls, ceilings and themselves. We have many experts doing the corners. Dave has to continually fill the bucket with new supplies of mud because we are moving with great speed. The plaster master came today to explain the plans for wall texturing prior to painting. He will spray the texture on while all of us follow behind to scrape it off, trying to avoid getting sprayed. This may take a couple of days. Painting to follow.
Lunch was recommended by our tour guide, Sue from Connecticut. It was gumbo-licious!! Hush puppies, crab cakes, crawfish ettouffe`, iced tea and 80 degrees sunny sky. De Sportes on Division Street is the restaurant for the next crew coming down. Tonight’s dinner was quite amazing. Jerk chicken, basmati rice, dirty rice, shrimp with sweet and sour sauce, ratatouille, curry with spinach potato and garbanzo bean, apple pie, pear and apple pie, some with double crust and some with crumb topping. The Biloxi Babes donated a volley ball to the Hands On facility.
Tomorrow is coming in a few hours. Bon voyage to Art who will be leaving tomorrow. Doree and Kathe Falzer did the true dirty work today. The both volunteered to do mold remediation. Kudos. This is a really dirty, disgusting, rank job that must be done and anyone who signs up for this deserves the biggest pat on the back. Tonight’s bloggers were not David.
P.S. (and this is very important). It would be great if a big crowd of you would make plans to come down for some days, a week, to give the family the opportunity to be in and settled completely before Christmas. From what I understand there is nobody signed up to be here after Thanksgiving. Please consider. We are very close to completion and it would be a pity to have the family so close yet so far.
November 14th, 2006 at 8:33 am
The babes were awesome! It is amazing what 18 women can do in a couple of days. We were a well oiled machine of cooperation and I am so glad I was down there to meet all of you. By the time we were done with a second coat of primer on Saturday, Cynthia was able to walk through the house and see a real home taking shape. I can’t wait to go back and see how the colors turned out. I miss you all already, especially David.