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David with cabinets done

Originally uploaded by bridge to biloxi.

Well I am on my way home AGAIN. It’s done AGAIN. Except the AC unit. We cleaned up the mess in the kitchen, and it looks good. When I first arrived back at Hands On (Tuesday) all of the long timers greeted me like I had just come back from my Christmas break. They seem to think I am a long timer too. Well now I am on my MLK break them my birthday break, then my work for Toby break. Maybe I will become a Concord long timer. I will send more updates as I get more news. Till then.

Left of sink

Originally uploaded by bridge to biloxi.

Patrick and I started cutting and glueing. Let’s try the sink before we apply the Formica. With the help of Dan and a neighbor we found out that it fit with no room to spare. Wish we could just leave it here. Out it came. I’ll take 4 advil later. Cut and glue, no stopping for lunch. It got dark but we now have outside lights. We can finish tonight. At 8PM it became clear I would have to put in another half day.

David with cabinetsOriginally uploaded by bridge to biloxi.

I recruited James last night to help me with the cabinets. We started laying out the cabinets then stopped. Too many questions about the counters. So Cynthia and Dan and I went shopping. I left James to work with the stair crew ( they did show up). At the first store ( Lowes) we found a nice choice, but Cynthia was not sure. Dan & I thought it was a nice blend of the old and new cabinets colors. So off to Home Depot. They had none. Well let’s try the store in Gulfport. Black and white only. Back to Lowes…three hours wasted.

With the materials in hand to do the counters we started to attach the bases. Ruffis (the electrician) came after lunch and worked to install the lights. In all it was a good day…should wrap it up tomorrow.

At dinner, I asked for a volunteer who liked to sniff glue (we will be using contact cement) hands went up before I could stop talking. Patrick was first.

Cynthia’s house 1/6/07Originally uploaded by bridge to biloxi.

I arrived in Biloxi around 3PM today and went straight to 334 Crawford. Cynthia and I unwrapped the cabinets and set them in place. We had to move the sink stand that Art and Robert built. It was hard to get it away from the wall, but when we did it held together. The lights work except the cans in the kitchen and bath. The AC is not in yet, maybe tomorrow.
I think I will make tomorrow my word for today.
Other than the minor mess in the kitchen the house looks good. The tree that Luke put up is still in the living room. They have a couch and coffee table. The beds are all stacked in the study. Eddie is sending a crew to build the stairs TOMORROW. I thought they were already done. I wonder if my visit sparked the sudden interest. I will only be here to finish the counters so don’t expect many more blog-entries. Toby said I could stay till Friday.
By the way I want to thank everyone who came to our house Saturday and left all the treats. A special thank you to Sue and Kathy for the poem. See you all TOMORROW.