Awake: 5:45am Temp 60 sleep 6+12 sunny--windy overnight @ Nicktown.
(2) Workers arrived @ 6:56am & started working on the footing forms.
By 11:00am, they were finished. @ 11:45am, the concrete trucks pulled in;
& got right with the pouring job.
They poured from below....
& they poured from above.
They poured until they were finished.
Meanwhile, Kathy had talked with Father Job yesterday & asked him about the possibility of blessing our "house under construction." He was all for it & said he would like to put a medal of St. Benedict in some wet concrete.
Kathy notified him that we were having our house footings poured today & he agreed to come over @ 1:30 pm. With confirmation from Father, we notified Melissa regarding the time today as she wanted to be here.
Father had something for each of the boys to do; Matthew held the book from which Fr. read, Nathan held the bottle of holy water, & Andrew was given the opportunity to hold the medal, but he shyly declined.
Father blessed the medal, read some prayers, said some prayers, walked the area of the house sprinkling holy water, & placed the St. Benedict medal in the wet cement footing at the garage.
There it lays,& in a few days, never to be seen again; but to bless this house forever.
We talked with Father for a short while about his life & family & priesthood, & thanked him.
After Father had left, we were talking with the Foote boys when Debra, our workout buddy from the community center gym & her sister, Cindy, paid us a visit to check out the BIG DIG. She was surprised to see what the dug out area looked like.
The Foote boys stayed a little longer to climb & slide on the top-soil Mountains, unfortunately the wind was very strong today, blowing dirt in the boys faces & making it somewhat unpleasant. Due to the wind, they left earlier than usual. They also had their church picnic, welcoming the college students back, to attend this evening.
Dinner: Salmon, cauliflower, broccoli, baked potato, mixed salad & a peach.
We watched another 1/3 of: "Cool Hand Luke."
Lights out: Midnight.
By 11:00am, they were finished. @ 11:45am, the concrete trucks pulled in;
& got right with the pouring job.
They poured from below....
& they poured from above.
They poured until they were finished.
Meanwhile, Kathy had talked with Father Job yesterday & asked him about the possibility of blessing our "house under construction." He was all for it & said he would like to put a medal of St. Benedict in some wet concrete. Kathy notified him that we were having our house footings poured today & he agreed to come over @ 1:30 pm. With confirmation from Father, we notified Melissa regarding the time today as she wanted to be here.
Father had something for each of the boys to do; Matthew held the book from which Fr. read, Nathan held the bottle of holy water, & Andrew was given the opportunity to hold the medal, but he shyly declined.
Father blessed the medal, read some prayers, said some prayers, walked the area of the house sprinkling holy water, & placed the St. Benedict medal in the wet cement footing at the garage.
There it lays,& in a few days, never to be seen again; but to bless this house forever.
We talked with Father for a short while about his life & family & priesthood, & thanked him.
After Father had left, we were talking with the Foote boys when Debra, our workout buddy from the community center gym & her sister, Cindy, paid us a visit to check out the BIG DIG. She was surprised to see what the dug out area looked like.
The Foote boys stayed a little longer to climb & slide on the top-soil Mountains, unfortunately the wind was very strong today, blowing dirt in the boys faces & making it somewhat unpleasant. Due to the wind, they left earlier than usual. They also had their church picnic, welcoming the college students back, to attend this evening.
Dinner: Salmon, cauliflower, broccoli, baked potato, mixed salad & a peach.
We watched another 1/3 of: "Cool Hand Luke."
Lights out: Midnight.
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