Fall is for Framing
Starting in October we officially restarted building at Mesilla Valley Habitat. It (still) feels a little odd to be blogging about my job as opposed to my experiences traveling or volunteering but it… Continue reading
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Drywall to Final Punch List: The Second Half of the Build Season in Las Cruces
Following the end of framing, the remainder of the winter and the beginning of spring seemed to fly by as we moved from drywall into trim work on the 5 houses. I was… Continue reading
Finishing Touches: So Long (for now) Las Cruces
As I write this on one of the first days of May, the 5 houses that were worked on in Las Cruces have been finished, dedicated, and are occupied. But I haven’t quite… Continue reading
On Community and Teamwork and Being One of Many
As I’ve been thinking about all the cooperative efforts that have gone into building all of the Habitat homes I’ve worked on, the phrase, “It takes a village” keeps popping into my head.… Continue reading
Let the Tiling Begin!
Once we’d finished shingling the 4th roof we were asked to move to tiling so that trim work could begin as soon as the sheetrock crews were finished. Tiling happens to be my… Continue reading
January at Mesilla Valley Habitat: Sheetrock and Shingles and Blocking and Baking.
Our return to build at Mesilla Valley Habitat coincided with quite a bit of shingling needing to be done – not to mention a whole lotta sheetrock. When we’d come down over Thanksgiving… Continue reading
A Las Cruces Recess
Seeing as the Santa Fe Habitat construction site would be closed for Thanksgiving break, I decided to use a couple of my vacation days for Tuesday and Wednesday to build with Mesilla Valley… Continue reading
Changing My Story: Week 5 at Mesilla Valley Habitat for Humanity
In our last week of building with Mesilla Valley Tom and I mostly worked on more shingling: finishing up Cindy’s house while helping to get paper on Amorette’s roof. The goal had been… Continue reading
Week 4 at Mesilla Valley Habitat for Humanity
This post summarizing our fourth week at Habitat for Humanity will be a bit shorter than my previous weekly posts for 2 reasons: 1) a significant amount of what got accomplished has already… Continue reading
Week 3 at Mesilla Valley Habitat for Humanity
My third week at Mesilla Valley Habitat allowed me to witness some amazing progress. Pete, the Construction Supervisor, had laid out the slab, marking where walls, doors, windows, etc. go so right away… Continue reading