Senna and Buddy, our ever ready life guards, hard at work.
Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. I didn't set the alarm right last night so I woke up late. I was serving communion at church, so I quickly showered, dressed and then left without breakfast or even caffeine. After church I went to the grocery store to buy stuff for the annual Lake Association Social that we have every Sunday of Labor Day weekend. The social is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. I had to buy paper napkins, plastic spoons and tonic/club soda.
Whenever I open/use a tonic or club soda, it goes flat. I have squeezed the air out of the bottle, thinking that would help, but it always is flat before I need it again. So I was glad to see they were on sale at the grocery store.
Afterwards I stopped in to see a friend, but she was not at home. I got home around 11:30 a.m. and John helped me put the groceries away.
Yesterday he had taken a group out kayaking while I was at the waterfalls. I forgot to mention that in yesterday's blog. He went upstream all the way to the Shay Dam again. He is amazing how fast he can go in a kayak. He can kayak as fast as I can ride a mountain bike.
So when I got home, John was taking out another group of kayakers. He left shortly after eating some breakfast (at 11:00 a.m.). I made him a crab salad sandwich and off he went. He was gone until 3:00 p.m. with the group. I was getting nervous because the Social would be starting at 4:00.
I asked John to move our pontoon boat to our inner harbor to leave a pier open for the lake association members. He had a hard time starting it again, but eventually he took it out for a spin before he brought it into our lagoon.
The sun is shining and the air is cool, but perfect for a party. The high was just 63 at 1 p.m.
I had a lot to do to get ready for the social while John was out kayaking. I swept, vacuumed, moved chairs, furniture and tables. I swept off the deck, put chairs & stools out there, put an outdoor rug, table, table cloths, centerpieces, and candles out. I love doing this kind of stuff. I put trivets on the buffet counter/bar for hot dishes, lit candles, and then made our hot dish. While that was cooking, I cleaned the two lodge's bathrooms and then finished vacuuming the rest of the main house. I was exhausted and then realized that I had forgotten to have any caffeine yet today. So I poured myself some diet mountain dew, and was staring out the window at the lake when a customer came in. She asked me if she could practice on our upright piano in the lodge. Of course! So while I putzed around, I got to listen to a very skilled piano player. John would be jealous, but he had still been out kayaking at this time. She played beautifully for about an hour. She has Parkinson's Disease and her right hand shakes on a regular basis. But when she plays the piano, you can't tell at all. She's amazing.
I called our 80 year old neighbor and invited him to the social too. His dog just had to be put down and he is pretty lonely, I'm sure. He really enjoyed the social.
We had a good group again this year and it was very fun. We had invited our customers but no one took us up on it. The food and desserts were fantastic too.
Later a group of people were down at the beach area. So John and I went down and socialized for awhile. I started a campfire and John and I ended up being the only two enjoying it until around 9 p.m. Then we went up to the lodge. We had customers come into the lodge, and they are still there talking with John. I'll be saying hi and then get ready for bed. John loves talking and could probably talk all day. I prefer to type all day. We work well that way. Can you imagine if we were both competing with talking? It wouldn't be pretty.
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