WE HEADED TO THE WAREHOUSE TO PICK UP THE TRAILER WITH ALL THE STUFF IN IT.
WE SAW DARYL AND ELAINE, AND FOUND OUT THAT TERRI AND BRIAN WON'T BE BACK....THEY HAVE RETIRED AGAIN!! DARRELL TOLD DARYL ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH THE FENCE. WE BROUGHT EVERYTHING WE COULD GET IN THE TRUCK.
WE UNLOADED THE TRAILER ENOUGH TO FIND THE HOSES SO WE COULD GET THE WATER TURNED ON.
MIKE AND KAREN STOPPED FOR A FEW MINUTES AND DAVID GONZALEZ STOPPED.
WE TURNED THE GIRLS LOOSE AND THEY FOUND THE FERAL CATS TO BARK AT RIGHT AWAY. WE STARTED UNLOADING THE TRAILER THE NEXT MORNING.
DARRELL SEEMED VERY EXCITED TO HAVE A PROJECT!!
IT DIDN'T TAKE TOO LONG TO GET THE TRAILER UNLOADED.
THEN WE STARTED PUTTING THE CASHIER BOOTH TOGETHER.
DARRELL STARTED PUTTING SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF TOGETHER.
THE NEXT DAY WE STARTED THE PLUMBING.
WE HAD FORGOTTEN HOW MUCH FUN THIS WAS!
IT WAS THURSDAY BY NOW, WE ALMOST HURT OURSELVES PUTTING UP THE HOLIDAY HILLS SIGN. NOTE: PROP SIGN UP ON LADDER AND THEN LIFT.
THEN IT WAS ON TO THE ELECTRIC.
WE WERE GETTING THERE! ON SATURDAY WE WENT BACK TO THE WAREHOUSE FOR A SUPPLIES LOAD. DARYL SAID HE HAD ORDERED US A FLYBOY TO DRAW ATTENTION TO US. HE IS 25 FEET TALL. WE FOUND OUT THAT SUNDAY IS THE MANAGERS' MEETING.
WE STARTED PAINTING ONE OF THE SIGNS. THE SIGN SAID WE HAVE SCOTCH PINE TREES. WE DON'T! WE PAINTED OVER THAT AND LETTERED NORDMANN.
IT LOOKED NICE!!
THERE WERE A LOT OF NEW MANAGERS AGAIN THIS YEAR. THE MEETING DIDN'T LAST LONG. DARYL ANNOUNCED THEY WERE GIVING A $200 BONUS TO THE LOT MANAGERS WHO HAD A 75% OR MORE OF CUSTOMERS FILLING OUT POSTCARDS. I WANTED THE BONUS!!
AFTERWARDS, WE HAD LUNCH WITH KAREN AND MIKE. STEVE AND DEBBIE, A NEW MANAGER COUPLE JOINED US. THEY ARE HEADED TO VICTORIA. ELAINE ASSIGNED ALL THE NEW MANAGERS A "BUDDY", DEBBIE IS MY "BUDDY". WE ATE AT BILL MILLER BARBECUE....IT WAS GOOD!!
WE SLEPT WITH THE WINDOWS OPEN SUNDAY NIGHT, THE FIRST TIME IN A VERY LONG TIME!
ON MONDAY, DARRELL HIRED RUSSELL FOR OUR DAY MAN. DARRELL HUNG THE SIGNS AND I FINISHED THE CASHIER BOOTH.
IT LOOKED NICE, I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS "TOO PLAIN".
THAT AFTERNOON DARRELL GOT THE FIRST LOAD OF TREES.
DAVID, ANTHONY AND RUSSELL DRILLED AND STOOD THE TREES.
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WE GOT TREES ON A DAILY BASIS.
DAVID, ANTHONY AND RUSSELL DRILLED AND STOOD THE TREES.
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WE GOT TREES ON A DAILY BASIS.
THE TENT STARTED FILLING UP!
AND THEN IT WAS FULL OF TREES!
WENT TO THE DOLLAR STORE AND FOUND THESE FELT DECORATIONS FOR THE FRONT OF THE CASHIER BOOTH.
THEY CAN BE USED YEAR AFTER YEAR AND THEY WERE ONLY A DOLLAR!!
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