When I first came down to Little Cayman last October, I really didn't think I was going to be able to do the wallboard by myself.  I had hurt my shoulder last spring while putting the siding on the house, and just before time to depart for Little Cayman last fall I got the results back from an MRI scan that showed I had completely severed a tendon in my left shoulder.  Thus when I came last October, it was with the back-up plan that I might have to go back home early, after getting only the plumbing and the wiring done, and have surgery done on that shoulder to reattach the severed tendon.   But, after thinking about things for a while, I devised a way to get the wallboard into place even without a functional left arm.  Like everything else on this project, it's been just a matter of using my head--and sometimes as more than a simple thinking device.  I don't know how the pros do it, but this picture shows the scheme I devised for getting ceiling wallboard into place by myself.  Each of those sheets is 4'x8', weighs 67 pounds, and they are extremely fragile before they are attached.  I first get the sheets up on top of the scaffolding, which is 6' high.  Then I use a T-brace at either end of the sheet to gradually maneuver it into place.  Nails and screws then take care of the rest.

This picture was taken early this morning, just as I was starting the ceiling in the study.  Now at the end of the day, all of the ceiling wallboard in this whole house is done!   And, sad to say, the first thing on my agenda after I get back to CA in a few weeks is to have surgery done on that useless left arm.