Sweat is pouring off me; I’ve been working in the yard at 91 degrees (in the shade and I wasn’t always in the shade). I’m getting ready for a group of young people–from a local Church–coming to do projects for residents at CARE. I’ve been planning to widen my patio by adding cement “paving stones.” Today I purchased twenty-six… and young men loaded them at the retail store. Tomorrow, Lord willing, young people will unload them from my KIA. Furthermore, Lord willing, they will dig out about two inches of soil in an area three feet wide by twelve feet long. (Nice addition to my patio, don’t you think??) I’ll do the actual placement in the days to follow because I’ll be persnickety about alignment and being level. I’ve borrowed a wheelbarrow to haul the dirt away. I’ve purchased 36 bottles of water, and four large containers of lemonade, so my helpers can quench their thirst. (The refrigerator in my BIG trailer is small; I could only get in twenty-two bottles of water and four lemonade.) I’ll give the group a generous donation because extremely well worth it to have extra pairs of hands.

Oh yes, regarding “sweat is pouring off me”: I wanted to create a small part of the project so the young people can visualize what I’m planning to do.

Another job for them: Remove things from the storage building and return them to the storage building in such a way that I have things better organized plus more space to move around. We’ll see how that goes.

Postscript, Thursday, July 17, 2014, 7:30 AM: “Rain, rain, go away; come again another day.”  Yes, we have drizzling rain and I fear my projects are on “hold.” I actually love a rainy day because it cools the air BUT this is inconvenient!! ~~ More details later.