start to finish

Here we are, safely in Decatur AL. A little more than halfway in our return trip and MORE than a little ready for beds that ARE beds and showers you can turn around in. (Although, I have to say, for church showers, those babies in Gulfport were HOT and STRONG.) (Just like Janet's coffee ... ba dum ch!)

A quick view of the start and finish of the Anderson's house in Biloxi. First day of work was the full team together and we started on siding that could be reached from ground-standing and small-scaffold.By this morning (today was a half-day of work (for travel time), and thank the good Lord for that, given the trigazillion percent humidity already wet-blanketing the coast by 7:30a.m.), 3/4 of our team was back together, and finished up siding (except for that one darn part that has to wait for the electrician and inspector! grrr!). We're so happy for Barbara to have the whole weekend to stand in her yard and enjoy the sight of siding 'til her heart's content.Two of our team stayed at the church this morning, getting it prepared for our midday departure. A new cabinet went into the kitchen, everything was reset (to cover our tracks from having stayed there all week!), AND a truly stunning transformation came to pass in the small garden courtyard.

There isn't a before, but if you will, just look at the after ... and imagine the complete, exact, total OPPOSITE. :-)

(That's Marian. She's the Flower Queen.)

Much much more to show and tell ... conversation continues ... ideas fly ... I need to be writing but I can't keep up with our talking. I said it yesterday after we talked and talked and dreamed and imagined ... and I'll say it again: people, get ready ...

It's been a remarkable week ... well-summarized by Nolan tonight at dinner:

"The first question is always, 'How was the trip?' And I figured out how to answer that: It's the complete spectrum of emotions: from real anxiety to complete wonderment."

I like that.

And? I like the look of this bed ... more to come ... later.