Today was a big day. I talked to Marilyn -- and then spoke to Jeff -- about giving up my role as Webmaster. So it's official: I'm no longer the Webmaster for the festival ( Read more... )

Do you ever get tired of me talking about being 'busy again'??? I do! Hahahahahaha. Imagine a day where I say I wasn't busy and had nothing to do... Or -- dare I even say -- that I was bored ( Read more... )

KATU Channel 2 (one of our local stations) has a series they do called Everyday Heroes. And guess what?

Did you figure I was named one? It came as a shock to me!

( Everyday Hero... ??? )

The icon that's displaying with this entry is one of the professional photos that was taken of me by the festival (well, Marilyn arranged it with a photographer we use for Court photos) -- specifically for use with our media release of the following:

Charlie wins 2012 Volunteer of the YearI was told this weeks ago -- and the announcement came as a ( Read more... )

We hauled our piles of food to work this morning -- AFTER Marilyn spent ages making the deviled eggs (!!!). They're a lot of work, no doubt about it. I had a heck of a time getting them peeled when we got up. She got a great scald on them (as we always say), and they were delicious! I just had another. Yummy ( Read more... )

It was an amazing (and somewhat crazy) night. Every year we have a Summer Board Meeting, held at the (quite exclusive) Riverside Golf & Country Club.

Because of the current financial problems of the festival, Marilyn mistressmarilyn was referring to it as 'the Last Supper.' (smile)At this meeting the 2008 President turns over his gavel (so to speak) to the next ( Read more... )

I'm at the office trying to catch up on the work that needs to be done here (rather than from home). There's quite a bit of it, so I've barely scratched the surface, I'm afraid. (sigh)

It's nice to see everyone! (I do miss the rest of the Staff when I'm away for so long.)

I really should mention that I'm going to receive a special
 Volunteer Award 
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