Some VERY Good Things

I am VERY glad to see the end of this week! It's been a doozy, with lots of stumbling blocks and detours in our work. But, today Robin (the Chair of the Local Recovery Team) was able to get in contact with a few folks at the county to get them to re-look at what they were asking for. I was also able to talk with a supervisor and get some clarifications. That was a good thing.

Our son-in-law Todd emailed me the Spanish translation for tomorrow's program, so I was able to print a few copies in Spanish so that the new none-English speaking homeowners could follow along. That was a good thing.

We said good-bye very regretfully to Diane and her cousin Jean who had cooked for us this week as they returned to their homes in Washington and Arizona this afternoon. Having them here has been a good thing.

We went to Santee this afternoon to buy Bibles and ribbon for the next two house dedications. We also got four more copies of the blueprints for House #5. Having copies for all of the various contractors (grading, excavation, fire sprinklers, etc.) will make things go much more smoothly. And having one here at camp will make it a whole lot easier to keep track of every detail that is required. That was a good thing.

We saw a beautiful little bottle brush plant at the shopping center:

Seeing it was a good thing.

We've noticed this week that the Dulzura Cafe is now open and supposedly has a new owner. It was closed even when we were here in December. Forry stopped by yesterday to check on the hours. It's open in the morning for breakfast and then again in the afternoon from 3 to 7 PM. We ran down to Jamul Hardware this evening just before closing to pick up a dowel for the wall hanging for the dedication tomorrow. On the way back to camp we stopped at the Cafe to eat. The choices were pretty limited -- hamburgers or tacos asada. The tacos are made from chopped up barbecued beef, served on double corn tortillas with onions, tomato, cilantro and guacamole and salsa on the side along with a wedge of lemon. Were they ever good! We had mango necter to drink. It's the kind of Mexican food you get from the mobile stands. That was a VERY good thing!