hammer, mud, screen ... repeat

While the crew at Carl & Lolly's kept their roof moving along (starting a little earlier today in an effort to beat some shingle-melting heat), the gang at Candy's house had a second great day of progress on their roof as well.









P.S. - If you decide it's hot and want to take off the long sleeved shirt you're wearing, putting sunscreen on the now-exposed parts of your Hoosier forearms is a very. good. idea. (-cough-Ken!-cough-)

And no, Jim's not quite as close to those power lines as it looks. (Not quite.)










Our Shirley, I'll have you know, is a Jane of All Trades. Yesterday, she was ground crew and transport for the roofing work. Today she was mud-and-tape team in the bathroom, and this afternoon she was half of the screened-in-porch re-screeners. The woman does it all. All hail the mail carrier! Your tax dollars at work!

As for me? Mudding and taping within an inch of my life ... calling for 'mandatory' water/rest breaks, which no one listened to (-cough-Jim!-cough-) ... and spending a good part of the afternoon with George, NOT getting the back door to deadbolt. Argh. Grr. Grrrrrrrr.


For all the frustrations and aches of the day, though, the evening brought us time to have a terrific dinner (thanks to Marsha and Rhonda, our Warsaw pals, for what Marsha claims 'wasn't cooking, more like preparing' -- whatever it was, it was GONE), and a time for reflection and prayer.

We considered some of Jesus' lessons on humility, and reminded ourselves that everything we've thought and done in these two early days has already surpassed everything we thought we were capable of doing. Don't you LOVE it when God does that?!

So, thanks be to God for safe travel and safe work ... for new friends and good laughter ... for wonderful meals and strengthened spirits.

And now, to a night's rest, because tomorrow ... we sand!