Monday, April 9, 2018

I had a bit of secret printing to do this morning so, as my excuse for going out, I gathered up all my cans and bottles for the bottle depot. We had quite a collection of items for the recycle depot so we loaded those into the car as well.

Pat and another member have resigned from the Cranberry Hall Board and we were making them lifetime members. I offered to make up some sort of certificate so I was headed to Staples to do that. I had some pages that needed to be done for my project book, as well as an archived article I had done from the Guild website so I knew it would take me awhile. I wasn’t able to do the two certificates on card stock myself so I had to leave the files with them and go back later to pick them up.

Fortunately I had another excuse for going out after lunch – I mailed our Income Tax info to the accountant and I made a Cranberry Hall deposit. The certificates were ready when I went back to Staples and, except for Pat mentioning it took longer than he thought it would, he was none the wiser.

I did a lot of work getting things ready for our Board meeting tonight and extra prep work for the AGM. I also wanted to do a bit of transition planning for the Board meeting, although we didn’t have a lot of time to discuss all the tasks that need to be done. We managed to persuade a couple of our current Board to stand as President, VP, and (maybe) Secretary and I’ll continue on as Treasurer. We want to be sure we have some clear tasks for our members to volunteer for and for our new (hopefully) Board members to see where they might fit in.

And between all that I’ve managed to get a card top almost done. I have it packed for tomorrow’s bee, as well as more of my April challenge project. Although I’d like to say I’m finished for the day I need to go through some recipes and make a list so I can shop tomorrow for Pat’s birthday party.

Did I mention that we are having a party on Texada for Pat’s birthday? I suggested he might want to ask half a dozen people over to see his studio; next thing I know it is an Event. I’m taking three Bundt cakes to Pat’s birthday party, I’m making muffins for people who drop in at the studio before the Kitchen Party, and another small cake for those who come to the studio after the Kitchen Party. I’ll need to take over cutlery, cups and plates and a few chairs because there isn’t anything extra at the studio.