Practice! Practice! Practice!

Everyone keeps asking me how they can prepare for the Women Build. Other than attending the training classes, there is one huge way that you can prepare if you are going to be building on site this spring.
I am very serious when I tell you this: get yourself some scrap lumber, a hammer, and some 12D nails. (You can ask your local lumber yard about that, ladies. Or, you could find out if your husband knows what a 12D nail is) Once you get this equipment together, start to practice hammering those nails into your scrap wood. This is the number one skill that will help us to stay on schedule. This assignment is easy, the cost is inexpensive, and everyone can do it.
Trust me when I tell you that if you don't practice this skill, and you are constantly bending nails over or your nail won't even go in, you are either going to have to pull them back out, or be embarrassed because it is going to feel like everyone is watching. This is NOT fun, and you are going to be sooooo mad at yourself that you did not do this. So, good luck, and get started!

Debra Gestwicki