Necessary Mutilation

Weight: 222.5 lbs.

I am writing this post late after a long, tiring but exciting day. I worked long and hard, and then headed out with Tom (on my insistence) to somewhere cool and special tonight. I didn’t have time for a proper dinner and am munching on some peanuts as I write this. All I’ve managed to have time to eat today is the sandwich (turkey) that I bought along with my coffee at 7:30 am when I was headed to work, and then a cheese stick and peanuts now.

But, that is ok, because what I did instead of dinner was fulfilling and heartwarming and worth skipping food for.

I am posting some pictures to see if you can guess where we went. For those of you who live in Buffalo, this may be a little easier to guess. Suffice to say, my fingers are still a little numb from the cold, but the atmosphere was so warming and lively, it was hard to be bothered by the temperature. The experience was so special, that we intend to return on Saturday, and if I say much more, it will be too REVEALING (hint, hint).

The first one to guess from my photo montage wins ! Here goes:       

Alright, this next one will be a giveaway for most of you!                                                                           

And, in case that one didn’t do it, here’s the last for today.      

Pretty cool, huh?!  The best part is that the house that the are redoing is on Massachusetts Avenue, which is the street where my Compeer friend, little Raymond (now grown and moved away!) used to live. When we’d pick him up from just down the street of this site, his great grandmother, who he lived with, would tell us sad stories of how bad the neighborhood is and how she feared to even let him play outdoors. It is now so exciting to see how the Makeover team is not just rehabbing this one home, but so many others up and down the whole block or two. They have even put in a beautiful community garden to counter the blight, and I’d show you the pictures I took of it, but the huge spotlights that allow them to work in the dark, also unfortunately interfere with good night time picture taking.

We do plan to return Saturday for the “Big Reveal” and I just can’t wait to shout: “Move that Bus!!”  And maybe I’ll even get to meet cutie pie Ty or see Michael flash his famous smile! Check it out in Saturday’s post!!