Friday, December 19, 2008
Friday, December 19
The days are winding down to the end of our stint here in Walnut Creek. This weekend will be the last chance for people wanting to get a tree for Christmas. I've been taking it easy, not working, because there hasn't been that much happening on the lot to require both of us out there. Ron has been braving the cold temperatures and I have been either doing things in the rig or shopping or doing laundry. Today was particularly slow, I guess, because the guys decided to do some playing in the "snow", as you will see. On Monday, we'll start tearing down our lot, until by Tuesday afternoon, we should be ready to clear out of here on Christmas Day. We'd like to take this time to wish all of our Boomer friends, stick house friends and family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
Monday, December 8, 2008
This week is a break of sorts, because it's not as busy as on the weekends. Guess we'll be getting our last load of trees on Wednesday. Believe it or not, we are all out of garland and most of our wreaths. We just have the 24 inch ones left, as well as 4 candy cane wreaths. We'll probably sell out of those in the coming days. And even though it has been really cold, we are still having fun interacting with the customers and our crew of young men, I'll almost be sorry to see it all end....
On our Christmas tree lot, we offer refreshments for our customers. During the weekdays, I offer coffee and hot water, with tea bags and packets of apple cider and hot chocolate. We also have cookies and soft mints. On the weekends, I mix the chocolate mix into the hot water in the urn, which makes it really good. The regular cider gets mixed with spiced cider and it goes into its own urn. Of course, we also have coffee. The customers are always appreciative of the offerings.
We took a break from the trees and had a nice Thanksgiving feast with the other lot managers. It was a potluck and I really thought we'd be cooking the turkey, since I have the big oven, but, one of the other women volunteered to cook it. We found out when we got over there that the church where their lot is set up at, let her use the kitchen to cook the turkey and we also got to sit in the fellowship hall to eat our dinner. It sure was nice being in a warm room instead of a cold tent. I know I took pictures, but, can't figure out what happened to them.
Putting up the tent
Hi everyone, sorry it's taken me so long to get back to posting pictures. We were gone for a few days and when we got back, we really had no time to do anything. We got our first trees delivered on the Friday and Saturday before Thanksgiving. I finally got those pictures ready to view.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Saturday, November 15
Hi everyone! How fast the time goes by when you're working long days, our pumpkin patch is long gone, with all the animals sold to good homes, except for the goats, who went home to their farm. We are now getting the lot set up to sell Christmas trees. We plan on taking some pictures of the lot with what we've done so far. We have half the poles striped with red ribbon, racks on the rails for the trees, the big tent is up to hold the flocked trees, plus the flocking tent is up, too. We still have to finish striping the rest of the poles, hang all the lights in the tent and decorate our booth. I hope to take the pictures tomorrow, Sunday. I'm also going to take some pictures of our new roller shades that we had installed the second week of October.
We are enjoying some great weather here, warm and clear, I almost feel like I'm back in southern California. I'm sure that is not going to last, so we have to enjoy it while we can. The leaves are turning and every day brings more color. We should be getting our trees delivered the weekend before Thanksgiving and start selling them the day after Thanksgiving. We're taking a few days off this week, to visit friends and get away from here for awhile, so we can be rested and refreshed for a busy Christmas season.
We are enjoying some great weather here, warm and clear, I almost feel like I'm back in southern California. I'm sure that is not going to last, so we have to enjoy it while we can. The leaves are turning and every day brings more color. We should be getting our trees delivered the weekend before Thanksgiving and start selling them the day after Thanksgiving. We're taking a few days off this week, to visit friends and get away from here for awhile, so we can be rested and refreshed for a busy Christmas season.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Tuesday, October 28
Hi! We are almost at the end of selling pumpkins. It has been a very fun experience, playing at being a farmer to two baby goats, a baby pig, baby bunnies and chicks. I am ready to hang up the rake and shovel, though. Chasing the goat and pig around when they get out is not exactly the most fun thing to do. I like it better when they are in the pen. The bunnies are adorable and the chicks, well..they are growing up, not as cute as when they were just a few days old. We've sold a ton of pumpkins and our lot looks like it, too! You would never know there was anything wrong with the economy in this neighborhood. We have three glorious weeks of vacation time before starting all over again, this time with Christmas trees. At least, we don't have to take care of any animals this time around. We'll be closing up our lot on Halloween night around 5 or 6 and then going to our boss' Halloween party! What fun that will be! Being that my birthday falls on that very day, it will be like going to my own birthday party, only no one knows it but me and Ron. Did I mention we were also married on that day? Ron has never forgotten!
Saturday, October 11, 2008
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