Feb. 7

Feb 7
Heidi in Mexico

i''ve built house number one.
Alexis was the leader/CpC staff member who trained me.
Our group was from Roswell, New Mexico. Yep....that's where the aliens landed
We had 12 adults and one teenager.
A really nice group, they worked hard, got along well, listened to Alexis and were happy to share their constuction knowledge with me. Tom is a contractor and he gave me lots of helpful hints. Danny brought lots of powertools. He taught me how to be an "electrician" and then left me his volt/ohmeter. I laughed lots with Jane and Nancy, two adventurous ladies. Jane is from Tasmania and Nancy is a artist. The rest of the team was wonderful as well. I had fun bugging Richard, the one teenager. I told him that usually groups had 1 adult for every 6-10 kids but, they brought 12 adults to supervise him.

It's warm enough to be wearing flip flops. The locals think I'm strange.

This last week I learned....

most of the CpC staff wanted New York to win the Superbowl ( not me )
how to mark wall plates
how to wire a double light switch
how to install/wire a ceiling fan
how to find the new super Wal-mart in Juarez
not to nail through the roofing unless it is sealed with tar
i can get out of the drivers door of my truck (not in )
i can get in the passengers door of my truck (not out)
the cement ratio is 3 sand; 3 gravel; 1 cement; 1 water
the stucco ratio is 3 sand ( sifted); 1 cement; 1 water
that i love being outside in sun all day