Okay, here it is.... we are fast approaching our festival date of October 22, 2011. We have 7 boothes as of now, and one of our deadlines for booth application is October 1. We had a board meeting last Sunday with me, Morgan(Fahy Sarantopoulos), Amanda(Sutton and now Fahy), Matthew(Fahy), Sammy(Figueroa), Jennifer(Davis), Merry(Wunderlich), and last but never least Betty(Woodrow). Do we count the kids running around (Kent, Dominic and Xavi)?
We discussed the children's crafts and made a decision to go with treat bag decorating, friendship/bead bracelets and thumbprint spiders. We had additional discussions about the T shirt design, with great advice from Jennifer, Merry and Matthew. Makes my life much easier to not make some decisions in a vacuum. I showed the new flyer design and now have had it tweaked even better by Jennifer and her husband, John. (a professional in the photo/design/tech expertise) And we discussed the various children's games to be set up. I showed my concept of how the meadows were to be used for the children's art contest. (Courtney Hudson, the local art teacher for the elementary schools in Rutherford County has just told me she has 21 classes that will participate in some manner with the contest.... woo hoo!!!) I pointed out the area for the children's crafts and games. I have an idea where the port a potty will go, but will bow to professional advice when I order it.
So we are on track for the minute. It is a huge undertaking, my past carrier as a soccer official assignor comes in handy. (The tournaments could be a nightmare....) So, up at 4 am with new ideas, concerns, etc. But whatever happens we will have fun!!!! And make the day fun for hopefully alot of kids!
On saturday when Jim and I are volunteering at the Rutherfordton Fall Festival (October 1) 5 k event, we hope we will be able to meet some of the food vendors and other people and get our little event "buzzed" up.
....... living the life of Riley
Dominic and James
sweet cousins
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
summer is over
It has been a long time since I have written for this blog. Lots of things have happened in the family and at the farm.
First of all, the log house has probably turned into a more massive problem/experience than we had ever perceived. I was looking for someone to be interested in acquiring the wood, Jim decided we should keep and renovate it. ($$??$$) It took another two weeks to clean up the mess that was made when we stopped the demolition of the old rickety house. And cost just about the same. We were left with a big gaping hole in the roof of the main part of the structure and some damage to the kitchen wing. I use that term laughingly as the entire structure cannot be more than 1000 square feet. We looked and looked for a roofer to help and had no luck until we found a company to take on the project of redoing the roof. It will be done early October with a cringeworthy bill. Jim has taken out some flooring that was now exposed, it will be replaced with decking. And we have tarped the next set to protect it from the elements.
Our son David married the woman of our dreams ( and his, of course) in late August, just in time for Irene. But we only got a little wind out of that storm. It was a great party and we even had our French son, Mathieu fly over from Paris to attend. It was wonderful to have friends and family come together for this event.
And now we look forward, (only 6 weeks) to our "Art in the Holler" art/craft festival on October 22, 2011. Have been busy looking for vendors, have had help from Cindy Adair from the Rutherford Town Revitalization committee. Their festival is on October 1, and we have offered to volunteer to help. We have had a plan of emailing and mailing our information to anyone we thought might be interested, and now we are big into the promotion part of it. The Tint Shack on Cove Road is going to make our banner, we are designing the signs and cleaning up the front part of the property. Bubba and Jerry next door have been very helpful in mowing but we are going to have to have them help more in the coming weeks. I sent out postcards to all on Arrowood Road to let them know about our plans. Maybe we will get some advice and help from more of our neighbors. (We just don't need Haters, right Mo?)
The pumpkin experiment was a dismal failure and I have contacted a couple of pumpkin growers up on Painter's Gap and Conner Road to perhaps sell some of their leftovers at the festival, and we could use them in decorating....
Jennifer Davis came up with me last week to go to a few elementary schools, Rutherford and Pinnacle to create a buzz for the art contest we envision. Courtney Hudson, the only art teacher for the area, has said she will help. (Thank goodness) Then my Matt came up last saturday to help weedwhack and trim and we ran over to Lake Lure to spread the word there.
So the time crunch is on. It will be crazy, and I don't know if it will work. But I am hoping to have a modicum of success in that some artists/craftspeople will get a chance to show/sell their work. (Bring some money up into that area) Will sign off now, living the life of Riley......
First of all, the log house has probably turned into a more massive problem/experience than we had ever perceived. I was looking for someone to be interested in acquiring the wood, Jim decided we should keep and renovate it. ($$??$$) It took another two weeks to clean up the mess that was made when we stopped the demolition of the old rickety house. And cost just about the same. We were left with a big gaping hole in the roof of the main part of the structure and some damage to the kitchen wing. I use that term laughingly as the entire structure cannot be more than 1000 square feet. We looked and looked for a roofer to help and had no luck until we found a company to take on the project of redoing the roof. It will be done early October with a cringeworthy bill. Jim has taken out some flooring that was now exposed, it will be replaced with decking. And we have tarped the next set to protect it from the elements.
Our son David married the woman of our dreams ( and his, of course) in late August, just in time for Irene. But we only got a little wind out of that storm. It was a great party and we even had our French son, Mathieu fly over from Paris to attend. It was wonderful to have friends and family come together for this event.
And now we look forward, (only 6 weeks) to our "Art in the Holler" art/craft festival on October 22, 2011. Have been busy looking for vendors, have had help from Cindy Adair from the Rutherford Town Revitalization committee. Their festival is on October 1, and we have offered to volunteer to help. We have had a plan of emailing and mailing our information to anyone we thought might be interested, and now we are big into the promotion part of it. The Tint Shack on Cove Road is going to make our banner, we are designing the signs and cleaning up the front part of the property. Bubba and Jerry next door have been very helpful in mowing but we are going to have to have them help more in the coming weeks. I sent out postcards to all on Arrowood Road to let them know about our plans. Maybe we will get some advice and help from more of our neighbors. (We just don't need Haters, right Mo?)
The pumpkin experiment was a dismal failure and I have contacted a couple of pumpkin growers up on Painter's Gap and Conner Road to perhaps sell some of their leftovers at the festival, and we could use them in decorating....
Jennifer Davis came up with me last week to go to a few elementary schools, Rutherford and Pinnacle to create a buzz for the art contest we envision. Courtney Hudson, the only art teacher for the area, has said she will help. (Thank goodness) Then my Matt came up last saturday to help weedwhack and trim and we ran over to Lake Lure to spread the word there.
So the time crunch is on. It will be crazy, and I don't know if it will work. But I am hoping to have a modicum of success in that some artists/craftspeople will get a chance to show/sell their work. (Bring some money up into that area) Will sign off now, living the life of Riley......
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