Shish-kebobs
Color effect with my camera..it was actually green and pink
MEAT!
Drew with his graduation cake and large hat
Monday, June 30, 2008
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Transition's over, break begins.....
Sugar Shack!
Team Dinner at an Italian Restaurant "Franks"
Last weekend at the Olivier
Jerry and Alden playing Washers at Camp Hope
Thursday, June 19, 2008
LAST HOUR AT CAMP HOPE, ROAD TRIP TO BEGIN....
It's been a crazy last week as I am doing last minute packing, cleaning..etc. we are leaving in two hours for our long drive back to Denver! YAY! I'm so excited to go back to Chicago for a week and then start our new project! I also just bought ticket's to Miranda's wedding so I'll be leaving Colorado Springs on the 10th and getting ready to party it up for her on the 12, thus returning on the 13th to Colorado Springs for my true camping experience. Solar showers anyone? The last wee we have gone on two team dinners, I've had tons of Po' Boys, and really have lived it up in New Orleans since I probably wont be back here for some time! Last week I went tubing across the Causeway Bridge on a river with Kat and that was tons of fun! We were tubing on black tubes the whole day, swam around..it was great! I'll miss her tons! Too bad I don't have pics of it. It was a true Louisiana experience.
As for our project, the last few weeks Andy and I have been working on Gina street, were able to complete all the siding and paint the house. I'll say Gina was not my favorite site to work on, but it was awesome being able to lead volunteers on my own with Andy every day. I missed Kenilworth, which is where I started in St. Bernard. I also was able to complete the entire roof on Lacoste in three days. So we've been bouncing around, or course being as flexible as we can, and have all appreciated our experience and the fact that we can build a house!
As for our project, the last few weeks Andy and I have been working on Gina street, were able to complete all the siding and paint the house. I'll say Gina was not my favorite site to work on, but it was awesome being able to lead volunteers on my own with Andy every day. I missed Kenilworth, which is where I started in St. Bernard. I also was able to complete the entire roof on Lacoste in three days. So we've been bouncing around, or course being as flexible as we can, and have all appreciated our experience and the fact that we can build a house!
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
COLORADO SPRINGS HERE I COME!
I GOT MY TOP CHOICE! I WILL BE LIVING THE ROUGH CAMPING LIFE NEXT ROUND GUYS! NO ELECTRICITY OR CELL PHONE SERVICE! AHHHH!!
Monday, June 9, 2008
Pics and Pranks
Volunteers Andy and I led for a day at the Gina st. Site...How's that siding look?
They're everywhere here
Pulling a prank on Sarah (Water 2's TL) by saranwrapping her bed filled with balloons..hehehe
Friday, June 6, 2008
Old news.. but new news I forgot to tell...
Just remembered I forgot to include who all I saw at Jazz Fest:
John Butler Trio, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Stevie Wonder, The Roots, Steel Pulse, (didn't see as much of: Diana Krass, Jimmy Buffet), Salvador Santana Band, Santana, Amanda Shaw and the Cute Guys, OAR, a bit of Billy Joel.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
10 Working days left in St. Bernard
A good website to look at that shows the exact times and flooding of Katrina: http://www.nola.com/katrina/graphics/flashflood.swf
Two more weeks left and we drive back to Denver for transition! It has flown by! Lately we have been siding the houses with different volunteers everyday. I didn't realize it, but the corps members left working in NOLA are just with themselves...they don't get to work with volunteers every day like we do. So although I was sad to leave my work at NOLA and sad I wasn't able to finish my dry-in houses I started during the Blitz week, knowing that we still get to work with volunteers everyday makes me happy. However, I can not wait until third round. New team, new place (hopefully) and new team leader! The projects I have to pick from for next round are as ranked:
1. Colorado Springs-I would be 10,000 ft. in the mountains, camping and doing environmental work
2: Invasive species in a Bay of Alabama
3. Camp Hope-Habitat (what I'm already doing)
4. Beaumont, Texas-constructing homes
So although I have loved my experiences building homes, I need a break. I really hope I get one of the first two!
Here are some pictures of where I live (Camp Hope) that my parents took when they visited two weeks ago.
Camp Hope entrance
Our shoes outside our room
Camp Hope's cafeteria
My house in St. Bernard Parish
Dad at Greek Fest
Two more weeks left and we drive back to Denver for transition! It has flown by! Lately we have been siding the houses with different volunteers everyday. I didn't realize it, but the corps members left working in NOLA are just with themselves...they don't get to work with volunteers every day like we do. So although I was sad to leave my work at NOLA and sad I wasn't able to finish my dry-in houses I started during the Blitz week, knowing that we still get to work with volunteers everyday makes me happy. However, I can not wait until third round. New team, new place (hopefully) and new team leader! The projects I have to pick from for next round are as ranked:
1. Colorado Springs-I would be 10,000 ft. in the mountains, camping and doing environmental work
2: Invasive species in a Bay of Alabama
3. Camp Hope-Habitat (what I'm already doing)
4. Beaumont, Texas-constructing homes
So although I have loved my experiences building homes, I need a break. I really hope I get one of the first two!
Here are some pictures of where I live (Camp Hope) that my parents took when they visited two weeks ago.
Camp Hope entrance
Our shoes outside our room
Camp Hope's cafeteria
My house in St. Bernard Parish
Dad at Greek FestMonday, June 2, 2008
Working on a roof all day in the blazin' heat...
Roofing at one of the St. Bernard houses, which has a Bayou directly behind it
Cartoonist volunteers
College students from Missouri
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