WOW!!!

We had yet another clean-up day this weekend and this time we had 13 people show up!!! Big thanks to Linda Semon, Daniel, Calib and Joshua from Yancey County. Roger from the community and a few others stopped by. We got alot done and the place is looking great! We still have more to go and another clean-up day this Sunday. If you get a chance, stop by to help!

The staff house is amazing! They have part of the roof done and part of the front deck also! I can't believe they have gotten so far in such a little time. I can't wait to see what gets done this week!

I think they may do it!

They said 10 days and I thought they were kidding! Look at it! They should have the roof on in the next few days! I can't believe how fast that went up, it was a regular "barn raising" huh? They worked all day both Saturday AND Sunday and it sounds like a bee hive down there.

The clean up this weekend had another depressing turn out. My Mom and her husband drove up from Tennessee to help and they were the only ones who showed up. We removed dirty screens and stained buildings. They were a HUGE help but it was a bummer that no one else showed up. Maybe NEXT Saturday some people will come and help out.

10 Days and counting!

They started framing this weekend and they tell me they will have it dine in 10 days! I was alittle skeptical until I looked at it last night...they were walking around on the second floor! As you can see they have already made HUGE progress in just 3 days!

Our first clean-up weekend was sort of disappointing, our neighbor Jeff was the only one who showed up. We got ALOT done though. My husband, Jeff and myself managed to fill an entire roll-off dumpster with old furniture & the stuff from the program shelters. We now have 2 great spots...one for the Nature Nook (eco-stuff and stream stompin') and one for the art area (cool name has yet to be thought of). The place is already looking so different. WE HAVE ANOTHER CLEAN-UP DAY ON SATURDAY FROM 10AM-5PM. If you can come, even for a few hours please stop by!

We have a slab!

I am sorry that this is alittle late, but up until today there as not much to update you on. The sprinkler guys hit a few of the existing lines so that was slow going, but that should be fixed right now. This morning I went down to the site and there was a fresh slab of wet concrete curing. Once this is finished the framers can start! I can't wait to start putting pictures of the progress up now, it will look alot different every week b/c framing can go quickly.