THE GIRLS THAT MAKE THE WREATHS WERE OUT IN FULL FORCE.......THEY STARTED WITH FOUR GIRLS THAT WEEKEND.
WE LOST A LOT OF SALES BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A VERY GOOD SELECTION OF LARGE TREES....THERE HAD BEEN A MIX-UP AND OUR LARGE TREES WERE UNLOADED AT STEVENSON'S RANCH. DOUG'S CREW WAS SUPPOSED TO BRING THEM BACK, BUT WE NEVER SAW THEM! IT WAS COLD IN THE EVENINGS IN THE TENT!
ON MONDAY MORNING WHEN I GOT UP AND TURNED ON THE WATER NOTHING CAME OUT! IT WAS 34 DEGREES! THE WATER HYDRANTS HAD FROZEN AND THE WATER THAT THE TREES WERE STANDING IN WAS FROZEN.
ALONG WITH OUR PAYCHECKS THAT FIRST WEEK WE HAD A VERY NICE NOTE FROM DOUG AND DEIDRA.
I MADE SCHEDULES FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND TEXTED THEM TO ALL THE GUYS. WE WERE VERY BUSY THE SECOND WEEKEND AND ONE OF OUR GUYS WAS SICK, SO WE WERE SHORT HANDED. WE STARTED WITH TEN GUYS, I DECIDED TO ADD TWO MORE TO THE SCHEDULE, SO WE WOULD BE COVERED IF ANYONE CALLED IN SICK. WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE A FEW GUYS WORKING FOR US THIS YEAR THAT WANTED TO DO THE DELIVERIES. THAT HELPED A LOT! THE NEXT WEEKEND WAS TO BE ONE OF THE BUSIEST WEEKENDS.
ONE DAY AFTER TYING ON A TREE, DARRELL RECEIVED THESE BEAUTIFUL LEATHER GLOVES FOR A TIP!
DARRELL BROUGHT OUT THE PROPANE HEATER, THE NIGHTS WERE COLD!!
ON MONDAY MORNING WHEN I GOT UP AND TURNED ON THE WATER NOTHING CAME OUT! IT WAS 34 DEGREES! THE WATER HYDRANTS HAD FROZEN AND THE WATER THAT THE TREES WERE STANDING IN WAS FROZEN.
WHEN THE SUN CAME OUT, EVERY THING THAWED!
I MADE SCHEDULES FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND TEXTED THEM TO ALL THE GUYS. WE WERE VERY BUSY THE SECOND WEEKEND AND ONE OF OUR GUYS WAS SICK, SO WE WERE SHORT HANDED. WE STARTED WITH TEN GUYS, I DECIDED TO ADD TWO MORE TO THE SCHEDULE, SO WE WOULD BE COVERED IF ANYONE CALLED IN SICK. WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE A FEW GUYS WORKING FOR US THIS YEAR THAT WANTED TO DO THE DELIVERIES. THAT HELPED A LOT! THE NEXT WEEKEND WAS TO BE ONE OF THE BUSIEST WEEKENDS.
ONE DAY AFTER TYING ON A TREE, DARRELL RECEIVED THESE BEAUTIFUL LEATHER GLOVES FOR A TIP!
DARRELL FLOCKED A LOT OF TREES AGAIN THIS YEAR!
WE REALLY LIKED HOW DOUG'S CREW SET THE BACK TENT THIS YEAR.
IT WAS MUCH MORE CONVENIENT!
EVER SINCE ARRIVING IN CALIFORNIA IN SEPTEMBER, THE WEATHER MEN HAD BEEN WARNING ABOUT EL NINO RAIN. WE HAD RECEIVED VERY LITTLE RAIN, UP UNTIL THE 19TH OF DECEMBER. THAT DAY IT RAINED AND RAINED! WE HAD THE SMALL CARS PULL INTO THE TENT SO WE COULD LOAD THEIR TREE.
IT WAS CHILLY TOO!
SALES WERE SLOWING DOWN AND WE HAD CUT WAY BACK ON OUR HELP.
DARRELL HAD TAKEN SOME OF THE DRIED OUT TREES TO THE RUBISH PILE OUT BACK.
JOEL AND BRIAN WORKED TOGETHER THAT LAST WEEKEND AND THEY GOT CREATIVE!
THEY CAME UP WITH THREE CREATIONS!
THE 1/2 OFF TREE..............
BECAUSE THEY TOOK HALF OFF...
THE LORAX......
EVERYONE LOVED THE LORAX!
AND OF COURSE THE SO-CAL TREE!
THE CUSTOMERS LOVED THE TREES! SOLD THEM ALL!
WE SAID GOODBYE TO OUR EMPLOYEES FOR THE LAST TIME. DARRELL AND I HAD DECIDED THIS WOULD BE OUR LAST PUMPKIN/CHRISTMAS TREE SELLING SEASON. WE HAD A GREAT BUNCH OF BOYS!
SHAY
BRENT
COUSINS JOEL AND ZACHARY
NICK.......HE WAS ALSO OUR "BOUNCY BOUNCER".
DARRELL AND I RAN THE PLACE BY OURSELVES THE LAST WEEK, AND SOLD OUT ON CHRISTMAS EVE!
AN EMPTY TENT.....THAT'S WHAT WE HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR!!
SALES WERE SLOWING DOWN AND WE HAD CUT WAY BACK ON OUR HELP.
DARRELL HAD TAKEN SOME OF THE DRIED OUT TREES TO THE RUBISH PILE OUT BACK.
JOEL AND BRIAN WORKED TOGETHER THAT LAST WEEKEND AND THEY GOT CREATIVE!
THEY CAME UP WITH THREE CREATIONS!
THE 1/2 OFF TREE..............
BECAUSE THEY TOOK HALF OFF...
THE LORAX......
EVERYONE LOVED THE LORAX!
AND OF COURSE THE SO-CAL TREE!
THE CUSTOMERS LOVED THE TREES! SOLD THEM ALL!
WE SAID GOODBYE TO OUR EMPLOYEES FOR THE LAST TIME. DARRELL AND I HAD DECIDED THIS WOULD BE OUR LAST PUMPKIN/CHRISTMAS TREE SELLING SEASON. WE HAD A GREAT BUNCH OF BOYS!
SHAY
BRENT
COUSINS JOEL AND ZACHARY
NICK.......HE WAS ALSO OUR "BOUNCY BOUNCER".
DARRELL AND I RAN THE PLACE BY OURSELVES THE LAST WEEK, AND SOLD OUT ON CHRISTMAS EVE!
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