Can't believe another project is done

Some pictures from Twin Oaks Ranch in Buda TX.

 Carole and Jo making flower arrangement for the Austin Christian Bass Club annual meeting

 Roy and Bill's job was to collect sticks and stones for the center pieces--the more moss the better.

 Finished center piece

 Roy pausing from painting

 Watching the Super Bowl-notice how interested the ladies are.

 Moved the furniture from one bedroom to another in preparation for tiling

 View from the back window of our RV

 Strange neighbor

 How many deer can you see? They are from a lodge next to the camp.

 Look at all the green grass in February--This area of TX finally got some rain.

Interesting rock formation at the "Ranch"

Who needs walls for a laundry room when lattice works?

 One bedroom tiled ready for grout.

 Valentine's Day at Red Lobster

 Termite damage.  We moved the bed and Roy walk around the side and said "this floor seems rather soft."  When we pulled up the vinyl floor there wasn't any floor board left.  He was walking just on the vinyl flooring.

 We were short about 14 tiles so had to add another color under the beds.  SOWERs have to be creative.

 Carole putting clean curtains back on the rods for the cabin that was tiled and painted.

 Jo cleaning the kitchen walls.

Joey waiting for the Host family to come home.

 Can't believe I was painting again.

 Water softener installation.  Sure glad I brought my pex pipe crimper along--made the plumbing easy. Since it wasn't convenient to run the lines in the building, we just buried them outside--only have to bury them a few inches.  That may seem easy but it is all rock with about an inch of top soil--pick and sledge come in handy.  It is sandstone so with lots of effort you can get a trench about 8 inches deep. Luckily the grounds keeper dug the trench for us "old" guys.  He did put the pick through a sewer line so had to do a little repair work.

Roy and Jo have a set of Carol Burnett DVD's so we had several movie nights.  Lots of good laughs. Fun to project them on a big screen.

Last night Don and Debbie (Host) took us out to the Texas Land and Cattle Steak House--Wow! was that ever good food.

It has been very quiet at the "Ranch" this month but this afternoon about 100 college girls are coming in for a retreat. Then a family is coming in for a reunion on Saturday.  This camp provides the facilities and the groups bring their own program.  The camp is continually updating the facilities.  Plans are to have more nice rooms for retreats to utilize the facilities during January and February.  Also they would like to build a gym for kids recreation during the summer when it is too hot or rainy to be outside.  They are also meeting with landscape planners to improve the overall site.  It has been very rewarding to serve here.

Half done already

Thanks Alice for the comment--it is a crested caracara.  I updated the earlier post.

It is hard to believe that we are half done with our February Project at Twin Oaks Ranch in Buda, TX.  Roy and I have been working on the Nurse's cabin.  Started by removing vinyl flooring and vinyl tile.  Repaired the bathroom floor.  Then laid backer board for porcelain tile--lots of screws--of course since the room was cleaned out we painted the walls. We have one bedroom tiled and grouted and the bathroom tiled.  We need to move all the furniture from the other bedroom back across the hall before we can tile the second bedroom.  May wait another day for the grout to set up before moving the furniture.  We will grout the bathroom tomorrow and may plumb in the new water softener for the dining hall--pex pipe with crimp rings so should be easy.

CC and Jo have been cleaning the kitchen since it has been remodeled.  New tile floor, tile counter tops, hanging racks--lots of dust. CC's knee has been a problem so she has been limited on what she could do.  She has been going to PT this month--that seems to be helping.

We enjoyed setting up for the Austin Christian Bass Club annual awards banquet.  An outdoor theme with rock, sticks, weeds, fishing lures in the center pieces--Debbie (Lady Host) is really creative. Roy and my first job was to pick up sticks and stones--check to make sure that no creepy critters were attached to the stick or stones.  Great meal and speaker.

We have been attending First Evangelical Free Church in Austin (large church).  Great SS class on what Questions do you have.  Last week the guest leader was a Physicist who talked about the wonders of God's physical creation--very interesting.

We have had several movie nights--St John in Exile, Carol Burnett shows, and the Super Bowl.  Celebrated Valentine's Day by going out to eat at Red Lobster.

I don't have many good pictures yet.  Cleaning kitchens and laying tile make boring pictures.

This is a beautiful place with big Oak trees and green grass.  They are updating the existing building and have plans to update the landscaping and add some additional buildings.  A great SOWER project--just needs more sowers to get all the work done.

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