busy, busy, busy!

Good morning.

It's been a very busy week!

Barbie, the former neighbor who moved back to Illinois, was here for a week. She arrived Thursday with her daughter, and spent a few days on the strip. They saw the Garth Brooks concert at Allegiant Stadium Saturday, and her daughter left Sunday. Barbie then came out and stayed at the Aliante Hotel/casino for 3 nights. So we were able to walk Monday and Tuesday, and have lunch and afternoon cocktails every day. It was soo good to see her again.

View of the golf course behind the community center.

The last 3 pics were taken in our newly enlarged community center. She moved while it was all under construction, and I wanted her to see how it turned out.

Yesterday, was my 'interview' with the Property and Grounds committee. It went pretty quick. I only was asked 2 questions. But I did elaborate on my life experiences, and had pictures of my yard from Michigan, my backyard here I designed, and our Salon we designed. I also told them I had been commissioned to design the patio garden for a coffee shop, and also a doctors office. And besides working in the Salon, I also managed staff, and dealt with vendors. And I helped coordinate the yearly plant sale for Cooley Gardens. A city owned park with a volunteer group called Friends of Cooley Gardens. So after all that, I guess no one had any other questions. Oh, I did get asked, since I was from the state of Michigan, "State or Michigan?" Fortunately, I answered State. He was from Ohio, and Ohio State and University of  Michigan are hated rivals. So I hopefully got his vote.   :-)   

They then excused me and I went next door to the 3100 Grill at our adjoining golf course, while they discussed my possible appointment. I met Craig and Dan there. Daniel, who is also on the committee, joined us a little later after the meeting was over. He said no one voted against my appointment. So, now the recommendation goes to the board of directors, which meets again August 12th. Usually, the board approves the recommendations, so I should be on the committee for the August 19th meeting.

Then, the waitress and cook came out of the kitchen with a cake and sang happy birthday! It was Daniel's birthday, and Dan had brought a cake to have them surprise him with. 

And now I'm currently watching 6 houses, and getting mail for 5 of them. The wall in my one room has bags all along it with sticky notes above with their names so I remember what bag to put each mail in. And, I'm watering potted plants at 2 of the houses. So, I'm keeping myself pretty busy.   :-)