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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Hello from lovely Texas City,

We put in another day of tremendous work at the Salinas home.  Today we finished up gutting the inside. We removed the remaining linoleum, pulled down the remainder of the wallboard and wallpaper, removed the bottom half of the tongue and groove boards, finished the front steps, hauled all of the trash off of the porch, and then sprayed the first of three applications of bleach solution over the lower four feet of the walls and all of the floors. The reward for all of this hard work was that Mrs. Salinas surprised us with homemade tortillas, beans and meat and fresh avocados to thank us.  What an awesome treat!  We said a sad goodbye to Jason who did a huge amount of work removing the linoleum tiles-a very hot and sticky job.  Tonight the Pennsylvania team is cooking meatloaf and mashed potatoes for us.  Rick and Jason fed us well yesterday with Swedish pancakes for breakfast and beef brisket at dinner.  We are eating well!!!