New Year's Day 2008

Wow - that seemed funny to type 2008! We went back to the house we had worked on yesterday and finished most of the sheet rock. We have 2 walls in the living room, a bathroom, and two closets left - we should be done by noon tomorrow. The weather turned a bit cooler today. The high was in the mid fifties, but the morning was chilly. It is supposed to be quite cold for here tomorrow so we may put our long undies on beneath our work clothes. The owner of the house stopped by again today and we had him put a few screws in the wall. He can't do too much himself as he is a liver transplant recipient and has to take it easy. Dave and I opted to shower before dinner as we were covered in sheet rock dust - the rest of the crew is in the shower now. Dave is working on carving a whale for the wall of the church community room. It is a tradition that each group who comes to work here makes a sign for the wall. Many are in the shape of the state the workers come from, others are more elaborate, but ours will be the only whale so far.