Spent this afternoon mowing for a very good friend and her father (95).  Wow, what a yard.  Took a solid hour of trucking back and forth with the pushmower while Brian ran the WeedEater.  If the average person walks at 4 miles per hour, that means I mowed a 4 mile strip of grass tonight...  okay, maybe 3, but still a long way to push a mower.  It was well worth it though... We got the chance to talk about changes in our lives and our friend bought dinner to say thank you.  Nice evening...

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of listening to Jerry Storch, President and CEO of Toys R Us.  I was surprised to hear Jerry talk about what's important in life and to include humility on the list.  While he was here, the BR "leadership team" (i'm just a consultant) put their heads together and decided to ask for a donation to help Rob reach his goal of collecting soccer balls for Haiti.  It was a fast paced effort to get a grant proposal together, but it got done, and Jerry was polite enough to give Rob his personal email address with which to follow up.   Anything they donate will be bonus and I'm confident they'll come through for him...

Coming up this weekend, its all hands on deck as there are a few people intensive jobs going on at the same time.   Originally scheduled is the car wash and flea market that was rescheduled from April at the Living Waters Church in Olean.   Simultaneously, Pete and the CYC crew will be camping at Allegany State Park for a work weekend cleaning trails and doing maintenance.  It is my hope that people will turn out to help, though we shall see...  I'll post on facebook and perhaps someone will get the urge.   From the perspective of the recently converted, if you try it once, you'll want to keep doing it.

-Nate