WEDNESDAY

day three has come to an end and i am exhausted again today...but i will come alive for th bon-fire at 4...today christine and i built a wall and put it in after we did some more plumbing of the walls...part of the wall had already been done by a church that is sending the pre-fab so we had to remodel it and it was perfect...later on after lunch we were assigned a more difficult piece and with the help of earl we have that almost done and tomorrow it will go in place...

lar continues to work on the front/dise porches of the house to be dedicated on sat..he says it is almost done..

we had to walk to lunch today..about 4 blocks away to a church...we had the most delicious lima beans and pork...even had sweet potato for dessert..mmm goood--i even shared my with lar..

tonight after the bon-fire a couple of the couples are coming to our rig for soup...after a big lunch we decided not to eat lots hahahahaha for some...

the build is going good and we see progress each and every day...and that is our most important product...(wonder who said that)--this afternoon irma came by--she is a local gal who got a houe a few years ago and still comes to volunteer but this fal she had a hip repleacment and developed a blood clot so she has been "jailed" to house but finally she has been alowed to get out...great seeing her ...she even has a bunch of us going to church with her on sunday...we went last year --great singing and good service..suppose to rain on sunday so we have a plan...

by coffee time i took off a layer and at lunch i shed another layer so by afternoon i was working in short sleeves..could have almost put on a pair of shorts...so i guess we are finally in FLORIDA....

EXHAUSTED

can you believe that we are exhausted...we have been very busy building..lar has been working on a side porch and the job needs to get done as the house is being dedicated on saturday...so he and a couple of other guys are on a time schedule...for me i've working with christine and we have been helping put up the walls...the walls have all been pre-fab...there is a church that wants to help in Te area so they have been given the measurements of te walls and have been building them in their parking lot and then trucking them here...some of the walls work fine then there are the others that need some redoing...i have been busy helping with that job..today we went to a store house to bring the inside walls to the site for tomorrow...so my muscles are getting some weight lifting..

sun has been out today..not warm this morning but at least we see some sun...by lunch time we can shed a layer of clothes but not working in short sleeves yet...this weekend we are hearing chances of rain but warmer so time will tell....

not sure how the oranges on the trees are doing but the news sure does talk about them...we are also hearing that the freeze not only is taking a toll on the m but also the trees and it may be a couple of years before the groves recover..so plan on paying more for orange juice from florida....

the evening plans are for a camp fire but only till the sun goes down as it then gets cold...

LASY YEARS HOUSES

here are some more pictures of the houses we worked on lasy year...and also mitch's favorite way to travel...SLEEPINH...he spends most of his time just sleeping away...but as soon as we opend up a snack he is awake and looking just in case it is something for him...oh he sometimes gets the crumbs....he really is a good traveler..he hasto get in the truck when we are packing or he is under foot.. so we put him in the truck and he can do his favorite thng sleep...oh for a dogs life ahhahahaha....meeting tonight and up with an alarm tomorrow...

SAT...

ice in florida...this pictures are to prove it...als one of the houses we worked on last year...

WE'RE HERE

arrived here in dade city around 3 yesterday afternoon and it sure looks different all the houses we worked on last year and were half done are now done and families are living in them...it is a nice sight to see cars parked in driveways..no kids outside playing as it is cold and wet..lar just came in and says we are getting sleet not sure if it is coating the roads or not yet..but i guess we will stay put..had thought about going to wal-mart but that can wait..

thursday when we camped lar noticed we had a flat tire on the rig so on friday morning we called AAA to come change the tire..we pay for the AAA so why not use it..a nice young man cam and got the tire changed in NO time so then soon we got back on the road...we were glad we didn't have a blow out on the road...also we were glad we got further south than atlanta especially after watching the local news and seeing all the slipping and sliding on the road and banging into each other....again the good lord sure has been watching over us...stirring us in the right direction as to when to get on the road or stay put....

all's well...

WE ARE GONE

for most of you know that we detained our departure for a day due to the weather way to cold and windy to be on the road..the wind was a big concern and we have extra days workedci into our schedule so we did not have to leave on monday..but instead we got on the road tues by 9am..made it al the way to winchester, va and stayed at a red roof inn...over the years we have found it just easier to stay the first night in a motel besided red roof inns let [pets stay for free..so mitch is happy not have to sleep alone in the truck or rig...

lar noticed last night that the furnace was NOT working the way it should..so he did a wee bit of troublde shpting last night --one of our propane tanks was empty so he thought maybe that waa the problem so today we found a campers world that fills tanks..and can you believe that the guys that could fill the tank were out to lunch aas we were their atlunch time...so we did a wee bit of shopping -bought a new outside rug-and decided to way for them to return from lunch..in the mean time lar decided to check the tires a couple of them needed some air--he got permisssion to use their air..finally we had the tank filled and got back on the road --it was about an hrs wait..so instead of finding a campground like we had thought we would we found another red roof in..

made it as far as charlotte, nc arrived around 6pm..so for us it was a long day but we also got out of th snow..in the charlotte the snow has disappeared but flurries are in the forecast...the new [propane did not help the furnace and lar is thinking of a number of things it might be but he needs time and daylight in order to look at it...hoipefully tomorrow some time or it just might wait till we get to dade city...we can just roll with it...life is good....alls well and we are safe and sound warm and or bellies are full so what more doesa person want...god bless

GOOD MORNING 2010

ok here we are off to a good start this 2010..lar yells at me this morning come look out the dining room window so of course i come and there was this HUGE tom turkey eating under the bird feeders...it is the biggest bird we've seen in a long time..my guess he was here to say look what i look like and i know you won't be back in time to hunt me nor my brothers this spring hahahahahaha...

hope you all had a good new years celebration no matter what you did even went to bed before the ball dropped in times square..we did our usuall thing our good friend roy and carol hosted their annual new year's eve gathering ..so the evening was full of alot of tales-food-laughter-and good cheer..it was the usuall bunch of friends...

today and the next couple of days we are trying to get the rig packed and ready to roll out of here on monday..lar and mitch are getting ready to take the first walk down the creek at the bottom of the hill for the first of the year hunt and the laast of the seasons..mitch is getting real excited ahhahaah..the water will be coooollllldddd if he has to retrieve anything....

we are wishing you all the very best this coming year--god has been good to us and we sure do appreciate it...god bless you all