Tuesday, June 28, 2005
The Lighthouse
Hi everyone:
Life is starting to come together here. The last 2 weeks have been working many long hours as we have prepared for an open house here at the marina on Saturday. Just hotdogs and drinks all day and invites to the berthers as well as in the newspaper and other general locations. We felt it was fairly successful - not a huge crowd but very good feedback from the people that were here. The best thing is they have noticed the beautification things that we have done around the place. I have done alot of it by painting picnic tables and planter boxes and planting lots of flowers. It's good to be done with it and get back into the marina business. Whitey is still working on the lighthouse for us to live in and manage the rest of staff. He's got the challenge of having to work with a staff that has been here for many years - the maintenance guy for 16, the harbormaster for 4 and before that had lived on her boat here for many years, and the bookkeeper for 25+. They are pleasant enough to us but don't really go the extra mile so it can be interesting sometimes. In addition Whitey has 2 Mexican guys helping in the lighthouse. So we are both practicing our Spanish. We are enjoying ourselves. We are hoping our little run around boat will be back from repairs by Friday - then we can really have fun. Oh, and the company got Whitey a truck this past weekend so he is happy with that. Easier to get things from Home Depot and also when I'm away on the weekend he has his own vehicle.
Hope Larry is feeling better.
Have a save drive, Ellie.
Love,
Max
Life is starting to come together here. The last 2 weeks have been working many long hours as we have prepared for an open house here at the marina on Saturday. Just hotdogs and drinks all day and invites to the berthers as well as in the newspaper and other general locations. We felt it was fairly successful - not a huge crowd but very good feedback from the people that were here. The best thing is they have noticed the beautification things that we have done around the place. I have done alot of it by painting picnic tables and planter boxes and planting lots of flowers. It's good to be done with it and get back into the marina business. Whitey is still working on the lighthouse for us to live in and manage the rest of staff. He's got the challenge of having to work with a staff that has been here for many years - the maintenance guy for 16, the harbormaster for 4 and before that had lived on her boat here for many years, and the bookkeeper for 25+. They are pleasant enough to us but don't really go the extra mile so it can be interesting sometimes. In addition Whitey has 2 Mexican guys helping in the lighthouse. So we are both practicing our Spanish. We are enjoying ourselves. We are hoping our little run around boat will be back from repairs by Friday - then we can really have fun. Oh, and the company got Whitey a truck this past weekend so he is happy with that. Easier to get things from Home Depot and also when I'm away on the weekend he has his own vehicle.
Hope Larry is feeling better.
Have a save drive, Ellie.
Love,
Max
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