361 of 365 of What it is Like to Run a Resort

July 9, 2011 The picture is of 3 little raccoons who have been frequenting the resort lately. Our puppy just watches them walk by. She perks up her ears a little but doesn't bother with them. Orla is such a good girl.

I got up really early this Saturday morning. My niece wants to help me with all the work and before she gets up, I was hoping to get a bunch of stuff done. So I quickly went downstairs and made some bags of laundry, stripped two cabins, and then delivered the bags. When Jaeden woke up, we were ahead of the game so we could take our time.

We went to the other cabins and started taking the dirty laundry out. We brought the dirty laundry to the basement. We had to put all the clean laundry away and then we stuffed the dirty laundry in that bin for pick up. She was very helpful and we got so much done that we could have some fun.

Jaeden wants to learn to sew. So we spent about an hour sewing while the cleaning girls were working on the cabins.

John and our nephew, Tommy, mowed the lawns, emptied the grills, cleaned out the boats, moved brush from fallen trees, and much more. I had extra cleaning girls so when two had to leave at noon and 1pm, that was all right. It all worked out great. That is until people started to arrive.

At 3:30 pm I noticed a customer unpacking into the Cedar cabin. They weren't scheduled for that cabin until the following week. So I went up there and asked the dad to come down to the lodge because, "I don't show that you are in this cabin." He was rightfully worried and came down to the lodge to find that even our confirmation showed the following week (thankfully not our fault).

So we had to scramble for over an hour to try to find a place for him and his family. We eventually worked out a deal for him with a dear friend who has a rental on the lake. So hopefully we will fill our empty cabin next week otherwise he will have to pay us some of our lost income. The customer was really worried because he couldn't afford to pay for a cabin of the same price this week and then pay for our loss next week.

Our friends, the Schroeders, arrived from Arizona, Milwaukee and Cedarburg. We were looking forward to seeing them and we will have a great week.

At the end of the day everything seemed to work out okay and it was a good day after all.