Another Winter Weekend

Good Mornin' Y'all!

I was supposed to have gone to Indianapolis this weekend to meet my sister Beth, but alas, the weather is questionable on this end. We were grounded on Wednesday due to a good amount of snow, and right now Sand Lick is pretty icy in some areas. A little snow over that and things are not good here on the mountainside. I am disappointed but we are going to just pick another weekend and see what happens. I think March is a little more promising weather-wise. We are all hoping March is better or we will have a lot of people here for Workfest and jobs we cannot get them to.

Angie has been working very hard and has pretty much everything ready for Workfest. There is much prep work involved, and she is ahead of the game right now. Donnie, our crew leader, has had the crews out delivering the wonderboard and other items to make sure the homes are ready to go. I am pretty excited to see how all this works. It should be a lot of work, but also plenty of fun. I will be taking pictures as the work progresses and that will be interesting to compare and see what has all been accomplished each week.

Five of us from Jackson House drove over to the east side on Thursday night for orientation. It was wonderful! There were three volunteers that spoke on the three pillars of CAP: service, spirituality and community. They did a great job and it sparked something in me again as to why we are here and what we are trying to accomplish. It was great to see Diane. I wish we could have had more time to talk, but with so much going on we just exchanged a few hugs and talked briefly. I think I will have to take a trip over to be able to have some solid time with Diane and have a good catch up. I miss her and could use some Wisconsin back-home conversation with a good friend.

It's great to have Bridget back in the house. She was gone from last Saturday until Thursday night. We asked her how she felt about orientation and she had a great time. Bridget said it was nice to be with people that were all in the same place. Meaning that they were all new to each other and it felt good to all be there. Her analogy of coming into Jackson House was this: It's like all of you have been at the barbecue together, talking and having drinks. You are all very familiar with each other and now I am trying to enter into the conversation. I thought that was a pretty cool and accurate analogy. Even though we have all opened up to make her feel as comfortable as possible, the history is not there yet. Good for all of us to keep in mind when someone new enters into our lives.

Who watched the opening ceremony for the Olympics last night? I didn't make it to the end but loved the whales swimming on the floor. That was beautiful!

That is all for now - have a great week and God Bless
Jane