South Pasadena Rotary *heart* Corazon...part 3

Awww Geeeze, Kathy!!! Another picture???

Chiropractor extraordinaire...4 years Corazon veteran!!!

The family always fixes lunch...usually beans, rice and tortillas...this year, a special deep fried cheese and meat tasty treat and some awesome homemade salsa!!!

A well deserved siesta...first time at a Super Build and all tuckered out!!!

It's another good ol' fashion roof raising...

Tools of the trade...

Design consultation for the counter...

another Super Build first timer and already an expert tile setter!!!

Yep! I do believe this board's straight!!!

He should know...not only is he a contractor by trade, he's a 4 year veteran of the

Rotary Super Builds!!!

Mahalo!!!

Showing his appreciation for his first time building!!!

Family participation...

The roof brigade!!!

Big brother and little sis getting excited about their new loft!!!

Mom, Dad and little "who's it"

The whole family!!!

Builders extraordinaire...

So Pas Rotary, Blair High School Interact Club (Rotary sponsored leadership club), and Corazon volunteers...

If you're interested in more information or volunteering for a Corzon project click here.

South Pasadena Rotary *heart* Corazon...part 2

Pretty much sums it up!!!

Of course, work or no, there's always room for high fashion!!!

Fashionista extraordinaire!!!!

One of the unusual aspects of this build was the involvement of the family...the kids and dad all participated in the building, painting, putting up walls...mom fixed lunch and helped with the tile setting for the kitchen shelf...

Our favorite little one was supervising...

and making sure there were plenty of lady bugs for the garden...

Isn't he the past president from 2008-2009???

A seasoned veteran...3 super builds!!!

Putting up walls isn't always a bad thing...

Experiement in red...

Note to self...find pink work gloves for next Super Build!!!

Sometimes you just have to stop for a minute and hold up a beam...

Contemplating the tailgate party in the motel's parking lot with an ice cold Tecate...

Are you sure this is where the window goes???

Ok...so this is the real designated SoPas Rotarian photographer...(sorry George...I've been horning in on your territory ever since I got the camera bug!!!)

Stay tuned for installment #3!!!

South Pasadena Rotary and Corazon...a Winning Combination!!!

This was the Hubman's and my fourth trip to Tecate Mexico to build a house in a day with Rotary District 5300 and Corazon. Now, what's unusual about this trip you say??? This year, instead of just a few SoPasadenans joining the Rotary District to help build houses in one of their "Super Builds", the Hubman had the brilliant idea that the SoPas Rotary chapter ought to build one house on their own!!! It was a grand international project for our club, and a personal project for the Hubman, and a grand example of "be careful what you ask for"...he was selected to head up the project for the club. There were fundraisers to plan and volunteers to coerce...actually, it was easy getting people to volunteer...signing up on the website volunteer page was a whole other matter...

The Hubman looking official, at 6am in the morning...

Hmmm....another designated photographer??? I thought he was a contractor...

Uh-oh!!! More competition!!!

South Pas Rotary proud to announce their project in progress...

Now isn't she just the cutest??? The cat too??? This little lady captured the hearts and photo shots of all the Rotarians building her family's new home...oh...and the cat? I think her name was wet noodle 'cause she folded in just about every direction in that little girl's arms, and didn't mind it a bit!!!

Madame past City Manager of South Pasadena...

Big brother helping to paint his new home...

Kitty cat checking out the equipment...

Isn't she just the cutest???

According to our friend Carrie (my photographer's assistant on the trip and translator extraordinaire), the kitty being folded and held by our little sweetheart here, did not have a name, until the end of the day. The family named her Corazon!!!

Check back in a couple of days for the next installment of South Pasadena and Corazon!!!

Happy Father's Day Hubman!!!

Thank you for making me a "mom" and a "grandma" all in the same day those many moons ago...and for all the days since!!!

There has been life outside of the Mammoth Saga!!!

Well, amidst the packing and planning and yesterday's up and back trip to meet the owner of our new home...life still goes on!!! Awhile back, my night location class at Tri-Community went to Dana Point...

My mind had been a bit distracted, and while I had intended on stopping to buy a memory card on my way to Dana Point that night...well, little did I know that LaCanada Camera shop didn't carry the memory card that I needed, and once I got on the freeway, yep, I forgot to stop at Samy's....

I had 0 shots left on my memory card...

And I couldn't find anyplace open in Dana Point to get a new card either...

(Keep in mind, I usually carry extras, but I had just used up my last 4GB card, and couldn't find my 8GB card...yep...lost an 8GB CF memory card...)

I had 0 shots and had just driven 70 miles through 2 hours of rush hour traffic (an oxymoron if ever there was one)

Sooo, not to be defeated...I deleted the definite busts on the card...y'know, the ones that are completely whited out or blacked out....or so obviously badly focused or composed...

And ended up with 15 shots!!!

Ok...so there were a whole lot more bad shots, just not so obvious on my too small VGA screen...(my camera's old now...as digital cameras go...the screen's have gotten so much bigger!!!)

By the way...I found my 8GB memory card a few days later!!!

It's Official!!!

Anonymous was correct!!! It's now official, we're moving to Mammoth Lakes!!! The Chief (aka, the Hubman) signed his contract to serve as the Police Chief of Mammoth Lakes, 21 sworn officers, and a year-round population of about 7000.

Altadena Hiker mentioned God's country in her poignant blog post about the aftermath of the station fire which was in the hills above us....

well...God's got a few more parcels of land in this beautiful world of ours...

And He/She's moving us to this little corner of the world!!!

Have I said "Thank You, God", for this intervention in our lives and providing us with this fabulous adventure???

Yep...that middle pic in my previous post definitely was part of a ski lift!

Yep!!! We signed a lease agreement on this gorgeous house this morning!!!

Walking distance to the new village, and the Auld Dubliner, our new favorite Irish pub!!!

And walking distance to this little General Store...

Yeah...it's gonna be cold during the winter...

But oooooohhhhh soooo BEAUTIFUL!!!

And isn't it nice of the General Store to put this sign up to welcome us with a Bud???

At some point in this transition, I plan to set up a city daily blog for Mammoth Lakes...I'll keep y'all posted!!!