Before
The Ceiling before
The Kitchen Floor Before, notice the hole by the back door
outside before
Back or the house before, notice the bathroom is an addon
They had a nice garden with peppers, collard greens, tomatoes and okra
back of the house before
a can of tar leaking onto the back porch
the hole in the kitchen floor
the kitchen with nothing in it
the ceiling
bathroom before
unusable washer and dryer
before
more kitchen before
kitchen before
mamma's cabinet
The Front Door
yep, this is a before shot too
This is Shandtate the owner of the house
This Mamma and Sister who live in the two houses on either side
This floor is dirty
My mother said there would be days like this
Queen of the trash cans
Starting the bathroom demolition
bathroom
Larry standing in a hole
Tearing up the old floor
watch that first step is a biggie
Sigourney Weaver looking for the alien
get to work on that wiring
Who spilled water all over that guy?
deep in thought or just tired?
What do you mean you aren't doing it right?
Use the convincer
we have no idea where that green stuff came from
Ninja mortarman
a little more here and it will be perfect
keep digging
bathroom gone
garden
Now what are we going to do?
no caption necessary
really, he posed for this picture
look at everyone pretending to work
first you make the hole bigger...
about this big
preparing for rain
Wouldn't they make great pallbearers?
Right over here
This is Denzel the nephew in the family, eagerly learing how to nail
put it right there
It was a long hard day and we all felt like this
Bright and fresh with each new morning
Priscilla
It just fits
posing for this month's dewalt tool calendar
yep, its level
just a little more
Lets see, the black wire connects to...
like new
Stylish
I told you to cut the blue wire first
Now what was I going to do with this drill?
See I can look cool with my bandana too
The beginnings of the new bathroom
The latest new Boy Band, the Bathroom Boyz
Pancakes
Out with the old in with the new
Larry in over his head
Demolition man
Its not really turning out the way I was envisioning it
you don't want to know what it smells like down here
a little to the left
I need a bigger hammer
While the shirt was still clean
Farnk's dog, kenai
Dinner at the Church
They were good hosts
making our own breakfast
Tuesday Breakfast
Gus, the stray dog Eddie adopted
Gus
Quick water break
Did I mention it was hot?
Frank 1 bathroom 0
hope nobody has to go
cleaning up
inspection
This drywall jack makes ceilings a LOT easier
Larry says the floor is getting a lot further away than it was last week
This photo not sponsored by Larry, but should be
Anybody got a light?
Larry, the consummate John Deere salesman
All Deere All the time
Unloading
Almost tall enough
underwriters labs testbed
The last semblance of order
That's the biggest cockroach I've ever seen
Kick me
Looks like my house at Christmas time
You missed a spot
A little to the left
Dear Mom, Frank is being mean to me
watch out for that cord sneaking up behind you
how did he rate getting his own personal fan?
I think its almost there
Mr. Rick delivering our drywall
another shot of the drywall jack
I can't tell you how many times that stupid wire hit me in the head
just a little higher
almost there
you want me to drill all the way up there?
training session
I got the hang of it now
the holes are closing up
switch designed by committee
while we were still clean
pose number 2
what is missing from this picture?
She's baaaack
ouch
a little off here
the rooms must be getting shorter
Even here she is telling him he is doing it wrong
measure twice
Are you done yet?
REALLY???
I think I found Al Capone
It's in here somewhere, I'm sure of it
Haven't you got that done yet?
Anybody got any more paint?
get me outta here
let's see, the yellow wire was connected to??
Bring me a drink
Are you sure these fit?
and Stretch 2..3..4
covering their mistakes
come a little closer big sister I've got a surprise for you
just hold it there a little longer
Bring me a hatchet
casual observers
do you need a helmet?
From here it looks finished
not so thick
hope nobody saw that
its in here somewhere
soon this will be a bathroom
if its not right you have to do the sanding
looks good to me, screw it in
He is so excited to see what is happening to his home
you didn't know generators had arms, did you
sorting
The day is done
total organization
Eddie chasing Frank's dog, Kenai, in the backyard in Charlotte
out the window
the Mississippi swamp
more swamp
the cripples at the end of the day
here's to the cook
The Warehouse
searching for supplies
Eddie's room, don't come in
yum, Frank's white chili
go ahead, I dare you to take my picture
from PE teacher to school lunch lady
Sheila, the lady who oversees the jobs
The warehouse
Anyone seen a left handed smoke shifter?
Sure, stuff it in there, there's plenty of room
off to camp
careful that thing is dangerous
he needs a clipboard
Now where did I put that pencil?
I need a new kitchen too
maybe a little higher
rudder hard to the right
we can only hold up this wall for so long
aaahhh
get in there
there sure are a lot of these pictures with this guy staring at yellow wires
where did that come from?
no the bathroom is not ready yet
when all else fails...
the only power tool Sarah didn't get to run
it was much easier for him to move it out of there than for us to make that pile
he went that a way
can I please?? Just one scoop?
nobody home
just another neighbor who stopped by to supervise
licensed to plumb
I've gotta say, I've never seen one of those before
She got a big bang out of using this tool
can you hit it with your eyes closed?
keep trying eventually you'll hit it
My turn
I'm out of here, you guys take it from here.
sleeping standing up
are these all really supposed to fit in here?
she's got a lot of "splining" to do
lots of supervision from Momma
They trusted me with this?
The very last piece
There there son, you'll have better days
Just hold it up a little longer
I cut it twice and its still too short
the fourth cuts a charm
Its starting to look like a home
I can't look
plumber's crack in 5..4...3
and for my next trick...
I'm just going to crawl in here and hide
not indoor plumbing yet
don't tell Sarah someone else is using the saws-all
trying out the new tub
it doesn't matter which way, its square
Showin' off
Where's my get out of jail free card?
Dave and Larry, cabinetmakers
Just hold it still
Grillmeister
Well Done please
over easy please
Things get a little better after coffee
We're really trying to be serious here
So if I just move this pole out of the way, it doesn't look like it holding anything up
please please work this time
You means its not this house?
Psst, don't say anything to Eddie, but he's getting a plumber's crack
these kind of pull-ups are easy
Looks straight to me
How long do I have to hold this end down?
no, I want to stand on that ladder
you can see all the way to the casino from here
Ok, I'll turn on the juice now
Dave, Ron can't hear me so I'm going to tell you what to do
I'm just going to back down this ladder slowly and find a place to hide
nope, no bugs under here
OK, we have a wall, now we just have to have a house to attach it to
has anybody seen my glasses?
who measured where the sink was supposed to be?
Dude
OK Sarah is gone, everybody go take it easy for a while
next
you lick your fingers and stick them right here
just leave that for the next crew
Its Friday and they are still pretending to get along
Make me some breakfast
the sun is setting on our little adventure
Back of the bunkhouse
bye
eddie's playhouse
you think it looks bad, you should smell it
For reference only
the bathroom taking shape
what a mess
three guesses
want a ride?
this is kinda dark, its the bathroom but there is no electric service hooked up yet
another dark pic of the bathroom
more dark bathroom pics
Things are coming together. In the foreground is the flooring we bought but had to leave for the next crew to install
another shot of where we finished
more of the same
the enclosed bathroom on the right, the back porch on the left
The new electrical box
no, you still can't use that yet, Larry
Eddie's absolute favorite shop-vac in the whole world
The girls left us Friday afternoon, so it was up to the guys to clean up the bunkhouse before we could leave
more cleaning
Saturday morning Eddie and Dave drove down to the beach and then to the Katrina memorial.
arriving at the beach
There were some really dramatic skys as a storm was rolling in
incoming front
more beach and sky shots
The beach was very beautiful and clean and upscale looking, quite a contrast to what we had been seeing only a few blocks away
Eddie and truck
a flock of pelicans
All but two flying away
last pelican
water and sky
along the beach where trees had been broken off sculptors had created beautiful woodcarvings out of the remaining trunks
the Biloxi Katrina memorial
The Biloxi Katrina memorial
the park in front of The Biloxi Katrina memorial
another shot of the park
closeup of the memorial
another angle of the memorial
the memorial plaque
On the way home Eddie and Dave stopped for a Blizzard at DQ
Almost home, a shot of the sunset as we crossed the Potomac
another Potomac sunset
Sarah Planning
do you know hard it is to find plywood with holes cut in the right places?
its not an optical illusion, the truck is almost as big as the house
The new Bathroom
did we mention Ron had a truck too?
awaiting fixtures
Eddie's sandbox
Its a shame that plumber's best work gets hidden
We ignored the no trespassing sign
good thing someones in charge here
Like a work of art...
just fits
talking with some locals
Another Before of the back of the house
for future reference
Who told him he could work around the front of the house?
smells as bad as it looks
a vast improvement
notice how square this particular wall is
looks like progress
I can see all the way to the neighbors from here
more muddy plumbing
Starting to look good
bird's eye view of Eddie's work
checking to see if anyone out here needs a drink
even breakfast making turns into a building project with this crew
Who's that slacking on the front porch?
Still a lot of work to be done, but by another crew
Did I mention how square that wall looks? its really square
so fast he's just a blur
working on Priscilla's car
Just tear it down, Frank
this blue house right here
view from the warehouse
And when we finish the plumbing we will put a really square wall right here
After the rain the picnic table was sprouting
more than one flavor
seafood
the boys night out
you should have seen the chocolate fountain
crabs
so its a little fuzzy
I can't eat another bite
surf and turf
Some stuff got rebuilt right away
what a change from what we had seen the rest of the week
and only a mile away, abject poverty
memorial view
memorial closeup
a better shot of the woodcarving
another memorial shot
and another
We drove through Atlanta on the way down in the midst of all that flooding they got. it was really coming down.
pretty sky
more beach and sky
again, pretty sky
pretty beach, not a lot of sunbathers though
coming storm
The memorial had a bandstand
empty beach
traffic
Just another Saturday morning at the beach
I think I may have mentioned the clouds
dramatic
would make a great desktop background
more clouds
beach, sky, repetitive to write, but beautiful to look at
you should go over there and take a picture
See, the beach isn't completely lonely
But a lot of it is
looks like a hotel that didn't get rebuilt
OK, so we took a couple of pictures of the beach and the sky
just a few more
checking out the memorial
really, the sky was dramatic
and the memorial
beach, sky. I swear this is the last picture of the beach and the sky
Gus, the wonderdog
Action shot of the dog on patrol
Eddie like to take dog pictures
