The Louisville folks came by Orange Grove this morning and toured the camp. Frank showed them around and I kinda just followed behind. Then he took them down to Pearlington to see a more "normal" camp (since the headquarter staff don't stay there.) and to visit a house the teams were working on.
I ran to Wal-Mart to pick up a couple things and then Don picked me up and we drove to Olive Tree. Shortly after getting there, I went to the Project Homecoming office with Megan to pick up a projector screen for the presentation.
We had little sandwich quarters, chips, and salad for lunch. Then we had the presentation. It was insanely long. We were there for 3 hours and then headquarter staff had to stay even longer. It was sorta boring and extremely tense. There were a lot of unhappy people. The Louisville people have made some changes in how we spend/get approval for spending in an attempt to cut down on how much we are spending. The petty cash fund is going to be called the emergency cash fund and will only be $50 instead of $500. If we buy anything over $50 (with the exception of Sam's and gas) with the corporate credit card, we have to get approval from Frank. The corporate credit cards are going to be issued under our names instead of our positions. I think that's all the major changes they made.
Anyway, then Don drove me and Chris home. We stopped at a bait store so he could get crabs for his fishing trip tonight and then we briefly stopped by his house. We got back to camp just in time for dinner. And that was today.
11 November 2008
10 November 2008
Florist Shop
This morning I picked up the Sam's order. It was not very big and I think we're pretty much set for the week now. Which would be amazing. Then I went to a florist shop to see what their prices were since Henry wants fresh flowers for the house blessings. Then I had some lunch and did a little bit of stuff in the office. (Roses are $5 a stem and daisies and mums are $1 a stem.) I washed my truck, took a shower, and went to the main office to turn in my time sheet and shopping receipts. I'll have to do the DRD later this week because Christi's computer wasn't there today.
Chris will come home from tomorrow's meeting with me and Don. Then I will take him to the airport Wednesday morning. Early, early, early Wednesday. Like his flight leaves at 6:30 AM, so he has to be there at 4:30 AM. He is going home to Canada for a week to see his mum and grandma. Anyway, I will probably have to work in a nap on Wednesday to catch up on my sleep.
Chris will come home from tomorrow's meeting with me and Don. Then I will take him to the airport Wednesday morning. Early, early, early Wednesday. Like his flight leaves at 6:30 AM, so he has to be there at 4:30 AM. He is going home to Canada for a week to see his mum and grandma. Anyway, I will probably have to work in a nap on Wednesday to catch up on my sleep.
09 November 2008
Michaels
I slept in until about 9:00 then I got up and dressed and did my makeup. I grabbed my directions to the church I was planning on going to and left extra early to give myself some drive-around-lost time. But I never made it to church because I could not find it. So I went to Michaels and picked up some things for the home blessings on Wednesday and Thursday.
When I was poking around in the fridges and freezer looking for lunch, I found four of those pie tins with the crust already in them, so I made apple pies for the volunteers. Dinner was pretty informal. Buddy defrosted some leftover vegetable soup/stew and the volunteers had that and sandwiches. And apple pie, of course. With ice cream.
My week is looking pretty busy right now. Or at least the first several days. I have a bunch of stuff to do tomorrow (mostly paperwork, unfortunately) and I will likely be driving tools and supplies around too, because our volunteers have one van and three worksites. Then Tuesday is the very long meeting with the Louisville big wigs. Then there are home blessings on Wednesday and Thursday and I have to get the baskets together. I'll have to make a loaf of bread for each of them and I have to get fresh flowers the day of/before. Hopefully things will not actually be as busy as it's looking now.
When I was poking around in the fridges and freezer looking for lunch, I found four of those pie tins with the crust already in them, so I made apple pies for the volunteers. Dinner was pretty informal. Buddy defrosted some leftover vegetable soup/stew and the volunteers had that and sandwiches. And apple pie, of course. With ice cream.
My week is looking pretty busy right now. Or at least the first several days. I have a bunch of stuff to do tomorrow (mostly paperwork, unfortunately) and I will likely be driving tools and supplies around too, because our volunteers have one van and three worksites. Then Tuesday is the very long meeting with the Louisville big wigs. Then there are home blessings on Wednesday and Thursday and I have to get the baskets together. I'll have to make a loaf of bread for each of them and I have to get fresh flowers the day of/before. Hopefully things will not actually be as busy as it's looking now.
08 November 2008
Ahhh! Piles of Paperwork!
I slept in until 8:00 then had apple pie for breakfast. (Breakfast of champions!) Then I organized paperwork so everything would be ready for Monday. I finished about 2:30 and had a late lunch. Then I did nothing for a couple hours.
There is one volunteer still here. He will leave tomorrow. Anyway, he said if I would drive (because he doesn't have a vehicle) he would buy me dinner, so we went to Lookout 49 for dinner. It was very good.
Chris, John and Lisa have gotten all the pods up in Houma and they're hoping they will finish the duct work tomorrow. Chris said he would be home sometime Monday (depending on when they finish the duct work). Then he goes home to Canada on Wednesday and he'll get back the following Wednesday (one day after my birthday). And then my family comes!
There is one volunteer still here. He will leave tomorrow. Anyway, he said if I would drive (because he doesn't have a vehicle) he would buy me dinner, so we went to Lookout 49 for dinner. It was very good.
Chris, John and Lisa have gotten all the pods up in Houma and they're hoping they will finish the duct work tomorrow. Chris said he would be home sometime Monday (depending on when they finish the duct work). Then he goes home to Canada on Wednesday and he'll get back the following Wednesday (one day after my birthday). And then my family comes!
07 November 2008
Cajun Cooking!
Yesterday I picked up the Sam's order and a couple things from Wal-Mart. I put all the stuff away, got some lunch and then made more cookies because I want to give some to Lisa for her birthday tomorrow. I went to Walgreens and got bubbles and silly string, put them in a shoe box with the cookies and wrapped it in birthday paper. Then I met the volunteers at Lookout 49 for dinner. I had a Cajun pasta that was absolutely delicious, but very spicy. The sauce on the pasta had shrimp, crawfish, sausage, and of course the Cajun seasonings. I couldn't finish it all. The rest of it is in my fridge right now.
Today Don, Buddy and I were supposed to head for Luling about 7:30 so we could pick up my truck on the way to Houma, but we didn't get out of here until almost 9:00. So we went straight to Houma. We took the wrong exit and had to back-track, so we were even later, but everyone had trouble finding it so we weren't the only ones who were late. We weren't even the last ones there. Kevin made pasta with shrimp and fish in it and salad for lunch. It was very good. Then we had the meeting which ended up being very short because there wasn't much Leslie could tell us until after the big meeting with the Louisville staff. So we have another meeting with a bunch of the head honchos on Tuesday. This meeting is apparently going to be very long and a lot of things are going to be changed.
After the meeting we took pictures with everyone which I will hopefully get copies of because there were some good ones. I rode over to Luling with Harold and Dona (the Luling Managers) because Buddy and Don were going straight home. Colleen and Megan wanted to see Luling, so I was going to follow them back to Olive Tree where I could just get on 10 and follow it home. But when we got to Luling, Buddy and Don were there. They put the extra fax machine from Houma in my truck since I didn't have a passenger and then we loaded up both our trucks with fire wood. There is a very nice, very large fire going right now. Oh, and Don gave me a pair of $45 sunglasses for my birthday. You know, the kind that come with the little bag to keep them in so they don't get messed up or anything. They're very nice. And that's about all I know.
And the dinner bell just rang, so I must go!
Today Don, Buddy and I were supposed to head for Luling about 7:30 so we could pick up my truck on the way to Houma, but we didn't get out of here until almost 9:00. So we went straight to Houma. We took the wrong exit and had to back-track, so we were even later, but everyone had trouble finding it so we weren't the only ones who were late. We weren't even the last ones there. Kevin made pasta with shrimp and fish in it and salad for lunch. It was very good. Then we had the meeting which ended up being very short because there wasn't much Leslie could tell us until after the big meeting with the Louisville staff. So we have another meeting with a bunch of the head honchos on Tuesday. This meeting is apparently going to be very long and a lot of things are going to be changed.
After the meeting we took pictures with everyone which I will hopefully get copies of because there were some good ones. I rode over to Luling with Harold and Dona (the Luling Managers) because Buddy and Don were going straight home. Colleen and Megan wanted to see Luling, so I was going to follow them back to Olive Tree where I could just get on 10 and follow it home. But when we got to Luling, Buddy and Don were there. They put the extra fax machine from Houma in my truck since I didn't have a passenger and then we loaded up both our trucks with fire wood. There is a very nice, very large fire going right now. Oh, and Don gave me a pair of $45 sunglasses for my birthday. You know, the kind that come with the little bag to keep them in so they don't get messed up or anything. They're very nice. And that's about all I know.
And the dinner bell just rang, so I must go!
06 November 2008
New Truck!
I discovered that I am not getting emails on my phone. I got on the office computer and had about five emails from the last two days. So now I know I have to check my email regularly.
We have a village manager meeting in Houma tomorrow. And I think Kevin is going to make lunch for us which would be wonderful since he is an excellent cook. I haven't actually eaten anything he's made yet, but all the staff who have rave about it. Also, I will be getting one of the Luling trucks tomorrow. We're going to stop there on the way to Houma so I can pick it up. Dona and Harold don't need it since they use their vehicle most the time and they'll still have one PDA truck, so Wilf and Leslie decided I could have that one. After Leslie rode in the Red Monster she didn't want me driving it anymore because she doesn't feel it's safe.
I went grocery shopping this morning and then this afternoon I went to the main office and spent a couple hours entering stuff into DRD. While I was there, Mary told me that Louisville has finally got the Sam's thing sorted out so we can do the click'n'pull again. Which will make things sooooo much easier!
We had lasagna for dinner and jello with fruit chunks in it, apple pie, and pecan pie for dessert. The pecan pies were delicious!
We have a village manager meeting in Houma tomorrow. And I think Kevin is going to make lunch for us which would be wonderful since he is an excellent cook. I haven't actually eaten anything he's made yet, but all the staff who have rave about it. Also, I will be getting one of the Luling trucks tomorrow. We're going to stop there on the way to Houma so I can pick it up. Dona and Harold don't need it since they use their vehicle most the time and they'll still have one PDA truck, so Wilf and Leslie decided I could have that one. After Leslie rode in the Red Monster she didn't want me driving it anymore because she doesn't feel it's safe.
I went grocery shopping this morning and then this afternoon I went to the main office and spent a couple hours entering stuff into DRD. While I was there, Mary told me that Louisville has finally got the Sam's thing sorted out so we can do the click'n'pull again. Which will make things sooooo much easier!
We had lasagna for dinner and jello with fruit chunks in it, apple pie, and pecan pie for dessert. The pecan pies were delicious!
04 November 2008
What? A Weekend?
I actually had some time off this weekend. Don, Buddy, Henry and I organized the tool trailer on Sunday afternoon. That took a couple hours, but other than that, I had the weekend to do whatever I wanted. Which I think is a first. I got to sleep in late! On Saturday afternoon Chris and I watched a couple movies and we made grilled ham and cheese sandwiches for dinner. I read more of my book. It was very nice.
For the last two days I have gone shopping all morning and baked all afternoon. I made cookies and an apple pie for the volunteers. Tomorrow I get to enter last week's volunteer hours into the computer. That will likely take up my entire afternoon.
I am taking care of Joe tomorrow and Thursday. And I am taking care of Star until Chris gets back from Houma. He, Wilf, Mary, and Kyra went back today. They've got most of the pods back up, but they still have to do the duct work and lighting for them. They're hoping to finish that this week.
Buddy left yesterday morning to visit his mum. He got back this afternoon.
We're going to have two house blessings this week. Very exciting.
I think we're having chili dogs for dinner tonight.
For the last two days I have gone shopping all morning and baked all afternoon. I made cookies and an apple pie for the volunteers. Tomorrow I get to enter last week's volunteer hours into the computer. That will likely take up my entire afternoon.
I am taking care of Joe tomorrow and Thursday. And I am taking care of Star until Chris gets back from Houma. He, Wilf, Mary, and Kyra went back today. They've got most of the pods back up, but they still have to do the duct work and lighting for them. They're hoping to finish that this week.
Buddy left yesterday morning to visit his mum. He got back this afternoon.
We're going to have two house blessings this week. Very exciting.
I think we're having chili dogs for dinner tonight.
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