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Jan 29 13:55 UTC 2013

Little time to cook in the morning (I have a glass of milk for breakfast),
getting tired of cold potatoes or bread and cheese for lunch, and too tired
to cook and eat when I get back.  Jim has been warming things up for me but
he is very busy drawing up electrical wiring plans.  If we get this legal
stuff under control we will hopefully have more time and less stress.  I
should get up now and make breakfast, lunch, and supper, and pack more fruit.
One of my helpers thinks carbohydrates are bad for him (including fruit) so
we are feeding him a carnivorous diet (plus carrot sticks) and the other is
surviving on Cliff bars and pears this year while building her own house. 
She claims they are a balanced diet.  

Part of the stress is the living room and kitchen filling up with stuff I
bring back from the house, and also four dead dehumidifiers that Jim refuses
to get rid of because they may be fixable some day.  Makes it hard to cook
when most of the cabinets are blocked.  Learning disabled people have trouble
being organized and making quick decisions.  Also other projects were left
in mid stream (such as hot water and phone), and there is no place to hang
laundry except living room or kitchen because the basement is full.  We
started experimenting with water heater timer, and Jim decided something was
wrong with our VOIP phone system so unplugged all but two phones and we have
to answer in three rings to avoid GV voicemail.   

I should get up now and use my free hour to cook.  My 'builder' is not a
morning person so I am rewarding him with 2 points every time he shows up by
10 am.  He can redeem 10 points for one meal at a Chinese buffet (and bring
a friend if he collects 20 points).  We were finishing as late as 10 pm.
We already rewarded him (without points) for working on Thanksgiving,
Christmas, and his birthday (twice).  Running out of new buffets.