Franny and Glenn give La Casa a Facelift......

Trip Start Nov 20, 2008
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Trip End Dec 20, 2008


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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

It is one of those stories that I seem to be writing about alot. When things are meant to happen, they do!!! Just on a fluke, I sent an email out to Franny saying, "when are you coming to Mexico" and she wrote back in about an hour and said "funny that you emailed, Glenn and I are looking at making reservations to go to Puerto Vallarta for the holidays!!! And the plans began. Franny has been talking about coming to visit La Casa for a few years. She is a preschool teacher extraordinaire and Glenn is a guy that can do anything. They wanted to do a project at La Casa and since we were closed for the Holidays, it seemed like a good time for a "face lift". Franny and I started by organizing the "Salon de Juegos". Puzzles, widgets, marble runs, legos, manipulatives and construction toys and more. Glenn cleaned dust off of the ceiling fans and wooden doors. Franny cleaned windows and we washed all the curtains and furniture slip covers. Glenn noticed that the beautiful wooden doors were dusty and dirty and gave them a good cleaning. Glenn and Dave assessed the crumbling paint on the walls in the activity room and decided to take them on Franny and Glenn come to Lo de Marcos
Franny and Glenn come to Lo de Marcos
 . A condition called "silitro" causes the paint on the walls to turn to powder and flake off, reeking havoc on the looks of the La Casa walls. They needed scraping, sealing with three different products and finally painting. While they were at it, they took to cleaning up the street entrance. Dave got lucky while looking for a weedeater....Our friend Mary has a weedeater and she came over to do the job for us. Dave shoveled gravel, Glenn painted the outside wall and then they both moved in to the porch to add their special touch ...adding to the beauty of our Mural and the "splash" it makes to our entry. Franny got really ambitious and painted the iron door and scroll work with black enamel paint. It looks great.

We worked for 3 days and are so proud of the results. The floors are clean, the toys are organized, the walls are treated and painted beautiful shades of blue and terra cotta, tables are cleaned and rearranged and special touches added to our La Casa mosaic. Friends worked side by side, out of love for a project that is close to their hearts. Thank you Glenn and Franny for bringing your enthusiastic support to La Casa. You have really left something of your spirit here at La Casa.
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