Bad title I know but I think of Kim every time we step outside the RV door as it is very close to our RV. This building was started Monday and they expect it to be enclosed by the end of this week The building behind the construction is the warehouse/second hand store and is crowded from one end to the other. And in addition, they have bigger pieces of furniture outside which works in a place that seldom gets rain. They do however have tarps to keep some of the dust off of the furniture. The construction area is an extension to the warehouse. The items in the warehouse are used to furnish all the buildings of the homes here and the rest are open to the public for sale. And before you brush this off as a lot of work with small returns I must tell you that last year they made 1.3 million dollars from this building and the boutique near by which carries the more high end items such as fine china, silver services and glassware. The winter residents go wild at these two building and of course Sunshine Acres appreciates it all.
Our work was mostly more of the same the past couple of weeks so not much to report on it other than we are finally getting organized in the "attic" which has more items for the camp except these are all new and are mostly smaller toiletries, etc. as I wrote before. The men continue to work improving the grounds an d buildings by enclosing a car port, adding a car port etc. There is a reason while so much of this work has to be done now because next Sunday is the big BBQ. We all will be working on the details this whole week I am sure. The women have been passing out flyers for the BBQ several days already. This event is another of their major fund raisers as anywhere from 3-5 thousand people come for it. Interesting there is no mention of a fund raiser on the flyers. The Home never asks for money. And they are totally removed from any federal or state funding so they are free to promote their faith in the way they want to.
If all goes as planned we will put in enough extra hours this week so we don't have to work the last 2 days of this project the next week. Sounds good to us as we will then have a full week off between projects.
FOOD! RVICS people, and us as well, like to find new interesting places to eat. Thursday evening we went to the Organ Stop Pizza place. Thy serve good pizza and they have a national acclaimed organist who plays the largest Wurlitzer organ in the world. The place is huge and it was full when we were there. The organist attracts so much attention that after eating most people sit around for an hour or so just to listen. On Sunday we and the Davelaars go to the Hope Reformed Church. We have found that after church the Village Inn really hits the spot. A while back we ate at the Iowan and I hope the people who eat there don't think that is how Iowa beef tastes. Disappointing! IHOP is good, especially with a Christmas gift card. Love their stuffed french toast. And when eating in we make good use of the fresh vegetables (beans are awesome) and fruits. Never ate so many blueberries.
We hope the storm of this weekend didn't cause any problems for all of you and hope it gets cleared up in a hurry. We still find the work rewarding but we are in the process of searching for
the answer as to whether we should continue or not. Lots of options - just need guidance as to what is the best choice for us. Since we are staying here for another month our address will stay the same as it is now.
Love you all, Mom and Dad Marilyn/Wilmer (what ever fits.)
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