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What a difference a coat of paint makes!  Casey, Auden, and I headed down this bright and sunny Saturday morning to Ojai’s Community Assistance Program office (CAP is a division of HELP of Ojai).  Our mission: paint their kitchen/storage room as part of their plan to convert the space and give it more professional look and feel.  We arrived at around 9:00, got a tour of the facility and learned about some of the wonderful programs that office runs to support low-income and homeless residents of Ojai.  The tour ended in the kitchen/storage room we were going to paint; once there, we set to work.  Our first task was to prep the room, which entailed moving shelves, laying out tarps, and prepping the walls.  (Who knew Auden could spackle like nobody’s business?) Soon, we tackled the walls and roof (Casey is a mad-woman with a paint roller!), and soon enough we transformed the mis-matched walls and white spackle spots into a far more inviting space.  Our conversation was lively and spirits were high.  The hours flew by, and by 12:30 we had pretty much wrapped up the process.  We left, paint-speckled and a bit weary,  but feeling very accomplished.  A job well done!