Bezaire's Ramblings

Dave picked up Terry Tuesday afternoon at the New Orleans airport. His mother is doing better and he has decided to stay “until the job is done”. It’s great for Dave  – now he can leave the technical details to Terry and get back to writing software and working with the staff.

I miss my play buddy, Sue…

As the weather has warmed up a bit, we are seeing more birds each day as we drive along the shore and cross the Bay bridge – every morning is  a delight! “It would be nice to share this trip with our friends, “I thought. Continue reading ‘Bayous, Shorelines and Birds’…

Carol and Stacy will be sweating alongside over 75 volunteers as they work together to build their homes. Stacy is a single mom, who teaches middle school. She states that qualifying for a Habitat house has advanced her dream of owning her own home by 10 years! She is thrilled that her daughter’s elementary school is only about a mile away.

Carol, a widow who lives with a handicapped son and grandchild, told me that she is from a very large family – 12 siblings. Of the 150 people among her siblings and their offspring, only 4 houses were livable after Katrina, so we can hardly imagine how over-crowded they were. Now as a cancer survivor, Carol is thrilled and relieved to know that she will have a wonderful home to move into in a month or so.

Although Dave & I have been hunkered down in the Habitat office for the week, working on our respective projects, I took time out to celebrate with the Martin & Stone families on Friday in “the Kil”. Continue reading ‘We celebrate with over 70 volunteers this week’…

The next 5 houses are being built in the country, past “The Kil” (aka Kiln).  Continue reading ‘Monday Morning Brings the start of the 102 & 103rd Houses’…

We’ve been very busy – but this past week was an exceptional one on the busy-o-meter. Continue reading ‘Whajado This Week?’…