One match met; another on offer; shares needed.

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Dear god, I'm too old for this. 

Last week was sprint pace and marathon distance. This week was worse. I need the next couple of days to recharge, but I suspect that I won't get them; there's just too much to do. In the meantime, it's a question of figuring out how to manage the fatigue that goes with my illness, and the pain levels that are jacked way beyond normal thresholds. We've both been running flat out all day long, which is why everything that I had intended to post this morning is going up only now.

We were extraordinarily blessed yesterday and today: In under 24 hours, our YouCaring page met the $1,000 match on offer, and the matching funds were donated early this morning. That leaves us only about $1,400 still to raise to cover the materials costs for the roof . . . and I've been advised that there is now a $750 match on offer from another donor, which, when met, will instantly become $1,500, and we'll have a little to put toward the costs of plastering (which will need to begin as they're finishing the roof, in order to tie it all together).

So, of course, we need continued shares of our YouCaring page via the widgets provided, especially the widget code from the lower right, which produces this running tally:

We also need continued shares of Wings's site, which pays day-today expenses, unexpected ones like Cree's vet visit yesterday, and funds the construction, too. Folks considering holiday commissions should also contact me as soon as possible; the creative process requires lead time, and Wings is already hard at work on the early orders.

Many thanks to everyone who has pitched in and helped us get to this point; we're both profoundly grateful. For this current mini-goal, which will allow us to get the roof on and begin the process of closing in the exterior, we just need to raise a little more. Please share and help us make the $750 in matching funds currently on offer.

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