AFTER WE GOT EVERYTHING UNLOADED, WE STARTED PUTTING THE OFFICE TOGETHER.
BY LUNCH THE OFFICE WAS UP!! WE SPENT THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON ORGANIZING AND TAKING INVENTORY. THE ORIENTATION MEETING WAS THE NEXT DAY AT 10:00 AT THE WAREHOUSE, SO WE NEEDED TO KNOW WHAT WE WERE SHORT, SO WE COULD PICK IT UP THE NEXT DAY.
ONLY 2 OTHER COUPLES FROM LAST YEAR CAME BACK THIS YEAR.....NINE NEW COUPLES AGAIN!!
WE WERE GLAD TO SEE OUR FRIENDS FROM LAST YEAR, KAREN AND MIKE.
DARYL SMITH, THE OWNER, SAID WE WOULD BE GETTING TREES NEXT WEEK....SO THE PRESSURE WAS ON TO GET THE TENT SET UP AND GET SOME EMPLOYEES HIRED TO HELP US.
FIRST THING SUNDAY MORNING WE PUT UP THE SIGNS ON THE FENCE, INCLUDING THE "HELP WANTED" SIGN.
STARTED STRINGING THE LIGHTS FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING....
SALVADOR GARCIA, WHO WORKED FOR US LAST YEAR ,CAME BY AND WE HIRED HIM!! WE ALREADY KNEW DAVID, FROM LAST YEAR, WAS COMING BACK, SO WE HAD TWO MORE GUYS TO HIRE. WE HIRED ANTHONY AND JOHN. DARRELL GOT THE FIRST LOAD OF TREES ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15. SAL AND ANTHONY CAME AT 1:00 TO DRILL AND SET THE TREES. WE GOT 52 TREES, THEY HAD THEM DONE IN TWO HOURS.
BRIAN AND MIKE CAME AND PUT THE "BIG FOIL TREE" OUT FRONT.
WE WERE HOPING THE " BIG TREE " WOULD DRAW ATTENTION !!!
EVERY DAY DARRELL GOT A LOAD OF TREES AND THE GUYS GOT THEM DRILLED AND SET THEM UP. DARRELL AND I OPENED THEM, MEASURED THEM, WATERED THEM, AND PRICED THEM.......IT WAS QUITE A JOB!!
BY THANKSGIVING, WE HAD 226 TREES STANDING AND HAD ALREADY SOLD A FEW. DARRELL HAD ALSO FLOCKED SIX TREES. OUR TENT WAS FULL AND WE HAD BACKSTOCK!!
I MADE A TURKEY WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS. WE STUFFED OURSELVES AND TOOK THE REST OF THE DAY OFF. WE HAD AN ENJOYABLE THANKSGIVING......AND LEFTOVERS!!
WE WERE READY FOR OPENING DAY, HOPING FOR A GREAT SEASON!!!
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