Exterior color done; more than half still owed on it. Wedding tomorrow, and a low of 14 tomorrow night. Sales/shares still badly needed.

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That's from yesterday. I managed to get a few shots today, but they were all while the hoppering was in process, and I haven't had any time to download them. It was windy and cold today, with rain intermittently that occasionally turned to a faintly slushy snow, not enough to stick, but enough to let you know it wasn't quite rain anymore. The wind's been howling tonight, but it's supposed to blow everything out of here for tomorrow.

Which is good, because the plan is still to have this thing outside under the arbor. We already know that some things are simply not going to get done; others are going to get missed; and still others we're simply going to screw up, because we're both somewhere way beyond exhausted, and also because my brain has not really functioned properly for a week now, ever since last Friday afternoon's incident. But we can only do what we can do, and whatever else happens or doesn't, we're having a wedding tomorrow.

Once this is over, I think we're also going to take a week off from construction. What isn't done by now was urgent mainly for the wedding itself (except the exterior trim), and by now it's moot. We need some rest, and besides that, we still need to raise +/-$2,500 to cover the balance on the exterior plaster. We're lucky to be considered family, more or less, by these guys, and they're willing to work with us. Sales are going to be crucial to finishing this, but we won't turn away donations, either. As I've said, I'm so relieved and happy to be alive  that I'm no longer sweating the details of the wedding very much, other than it actually happening (it's a sobering thing to have to sit, immobile, for a full 30-40 minutes knowing that you might not actually survive it). But there's that whole snow and ice and cold thing coming down the pike, and I suspect this will be the last really warm week we have. So sales matter right now, desperately. But the registries still matter, too. And as always, all of the registry items can be crowdfunded, so kicking in $10 or $20 on an item is extraordinarily useful; a few donations that size to a single item, and it's fulfilled and on its way. All of this, of course, means that we still need shares, daily. So here are all the links:

• Wings's direct PayPal link;
• Wings's site, for sales;
• Lowe's cards (the physical version) via our Amazon wishlist;
• Lowe's e-cards (delivered via e-mail) here; and
• Home Depot cards via the company site. The e-version using my e-mail address is great; I take the tablet to the store with me, and they scan it off the screen.
• Our Amazon wishlist generally.
• Wayfair gift cards, to replenish all the furnishings that the RV has destroyed in one way or another.
• Partial registry #1, from Bed, Bath and Beyond. It's not complete; what's left on it now are doormats and a few other miscellaneous items, although there are more that need to be added.
• Partial registry #2, from Wayfair. Also not complete, but I've finally added a bunch of items to it, mostly now furniture items. But about Wayfair, and VERY IMPORTANT: They make it possible to crowdfund each item. So if you'd like to help, but the prices are too much for one person? You can kick in 20 bucks, or ten, or five, on any one item; many small donations can add up to one item. Even the backordered/out-of-stock items can be crowdfunded in advance. There will also be more items that fall into the badly-needed category eventually (probably mostly kitchen stuff), because the wiring and mold and lime and everything else in this toxic tin can have destroyed so much of what we used to have. I'm sickened by the amount of stuff we have to throw out (on top of the things that were simply ruined, such as the microwave fried by the wiring in that place).

Thank you all, once again, for everything you've done over the last 16 months to get us safe and keep me sane. We are both so thankful for each and every one of you who made it possible for us to sleep (and shower!) now, for the first time in seven years, in a safe and healthy (and warm!) place. I'm going to be mostly unavailable for very nearly anything for almost three weeks now, and it's all complicated by the cold weather and seven years of breathing toxic air. As I've been saying, I have missed everything under the sun, I forget things, I screw up things thought to be un-screw-up-able. That's just life with autoimmune disease anyway, and it's severely exacerbated by all the rest of it. Now, with Friday's events? I can't even focus long enough to make a list of what I need to remember, that's how badly my brain is still misfiring. But we still have quite a way to go before real winter sets in, so please bear with me a while longer. Tomorrow night's low is supposed to be fourteen. That's a reminder that we have to get this done, and fast. 

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