Work day! Around my house those two little words bring much weeping, whining and audible sounds of pain. But, this wasn’t the case as the Milford office loaded up the truck, rather Jason’s car, with hammers, tool belts, tape measures, gloves, and plenty of vittles for the crew and headed to Covington, Covington, Kentucky that is, for our scheduled work day for Habitat.
It wasn’t Jethro who welcomed us but our very Randy Wilkerson, site manager and general go to guy for our Habitat build. After all the howdy dowdies and pleasantries were exchange Randy made sure there wouldn’t be any idle hands that day. We were each assigned various tasks to get the exterior of the home to completion. Siding and trim prep were the biggies for the day as well as putting a ceiling on the front porch and giving it its finishing touches. Randy gave us a gift when he handed us the electric screw gun and said we didn’t have to hammer over our heads. I was even more thankful later that day when I saw what the results of a hammer off track could do. And who knew that a big pair of overgrown scissors was all it took to cut siding?
The morning passed quickly and soon it was time to cook up the vittles. We grilled burgers, brats and hotdogs on site and sat on the front porch to eat and admire a bit of our handy work. Tawna Boles joined us later that afternoon to admire the work being done on her new home and to give us a hand with cleanup. Throughout the day there were many trips made up and down ladders and back and forth to the trailer for more supplies. I’m sure we will all agree we found muscles we didn’t know we had as well as a huge amount of satisfaction and pride in a job well done.
It was an overall great day! Even though as Realtors we help people everyday realize their dream of home ownership nothing compares or is more gratifying than helping someone build that dream from the ground up by giving just a small amount of personal time and effort. The address might not be Beverly Hills but at 6146 Clubhouse Drive, Covington, Kentucky I am sure that Tawna and the rest of the Bowles family feel like they too have struck it rich to be able own their very own piece of the American Dream.
It wasn’t Jethro who welcomed us but our very Randy Wilkerson, site manager and general go to guy for our Habitat build. After all the howdy dowdies and pleasantries were exchange Randy made sure there wouldn’t be any idle hands that day. We were each assigned various tasks to get the exterior of the home to completion. Siding and trim prep were the biggies for the day as well as putting a ceiling on the front porch and giving it its finishing touches. Randy gave us a gift when he handed us the electric screw gun and said we didn’t have to hammer over our heads. I was even more thankful later that day when I saw what the results of a hammer off track could do. And who knew that a big pair of overgrown scissors was all it took to cut siding?
The morning passed quickly and soon it was time to cook up the vittles. We grilled burgers, brats and hotdogs on site and sat on the front porch to eat and admire a bit of our handy work. Tawna Boles joined us later that afternoon to admire the work being done on her new home and to give us a hand with cleanup. Throughout the day there were many trips made up and down ladders and back and forth to the trailer for more supplies. I’m sure we will all agree we found muscles we didn’t know we had as well as a huge amount of satisfaction and pride in a job well done.
It was an overall great day! Even though as Realtors we help people everyday realize their dream of home ownership nothing compares or is more gratifying than helping someone build that dream from the ground up by giving just a small amount of personal time and effort. The address might not be Beverly Hills but at 6146 Clubhouse Drive, Covington, Kentucky I am sure that Tawna and the rest of the Bowles family feel like they too have struck it rich to be able own their very own piece of the American Dream.
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