Pizza Steps in the mud

We were saving pizza boxes, cans, and plastic to recycle. Here is another way you might not think of to recycle.

My Pal, Ellen

Ellen received flowers delivered to the work site for Mothers Day from one of her daughters. She and her husband, Darrel, were my neighbors at the campground. Ellen I went to garage sales and the Amish community on the weekend. She and I worked on our muscles by cutting and moving 16' sheets of 5/8 sheet rock around the house.

They live part time in a small house they are rennovating in Iowa to be near their parents, in a cabin in northern Minnesota and in their motorhome.

Happy 85th Birthday, Gracie

Grace Minor had a birthday, Saturday May 10th. She has traveled to the Chillicothe build for 4 years with her 88 year old husband, Ron. He is the unofficial photographer and saw man. They are from Chillicothe OHIO.

Albuquerque Al & Charming Charlotte

A very entertaining couple. Al does magic tricks (video to follow, hopefully) and Charlotte loves to visit with everyone. Al also does much more than hold the ladder up at the build site. I just wanted to show what a cool hat he has.

This is Tony Figg on the left and Jim Clemens on the right.Tony has been the construction coordinator for the last several years at Chillicothe. He has a great sense of humor and many people look forward to working with him every year. He is self-employed, so taking 2 weeks off to work with us is a big sacrifice. This year the affiliate hired Jim, a professional carpenter, to work with us. It worked out very well. Tony dropped by every morning to lay out plans for the day and Jim was there to answer all our questions and help us fix any mistakes. We weren't able to complete as much as I'd hoped, but several people had to leave early one weekend or the other for previous plans. Oh, Jim is great....... nephew to Samuel Clemens the author.