It seems like every year that I have worked for H&R Block/Block Advisors, there has been a hitch in my hiring at the beginning of the season, and this year is no exception. I tried all week to get things worked out so that I could start my training and things have progressed, but as of yesterday, I still couldn’t get into my training.
Continue readingDoor County businesses have a difficult time getting enough workers to help during the tourist season, so there is a program where university students from other countries can come here and work. There is also a coalition of churches here called Bridges that recruits Christian families to sort of “adopt” these international students for the summer. Mark and I did it last year and they asked us to do it again this year. We accepted. Continue reading
As of today, we have finally entered summer. You may be thinking I’m off by a few days, but what I mean is that today we finally hit temperatures in the mid-70s. Looking at the future forecast, it would appear that it will be in the 70s and 80s for the foreseeable future! Continue reading
A couple of days ago, we signed a contract to get a new furnace installed, including new ductwork. That will happen on May 14th and 15th. I would have preferred sooner since we are heating the house with our wood stove, but the installers are busy trying to help folks who had their heating systems damaged during this past winter. Continue reading
By my friend, Nancy Falster
I wasn’t able to write last night because I spent the night with my sister and she has no internet. I know… It’s crazy isn’t it? But she and I have our own fun. Continue reading
Mark spoke to me from Manchester, TN this evening. He said he has finally gotten into cold weather. I asked him if he had any stories to report and he said that at one point today, traffic was so packed together that the trailer of a semi bumped and scratched the housing for one of his side mirrors. That’s pretty tight! Continue reading
I have not yet been able to work much. Mark has been working alone the last couple days while I try to deal with Workers Comp and seeing the doctor here today. He’s ordered a test for me and I was waiting around for that phone call today too, so not much to report. Continue reading
Dad has been saying for years that Hilton Head is one of his favorite places in the country. This morning we headed south to check it out for ourselves. It was nearly a two-hour drive to get there. We had no idea what to look for there, so we tried stopping at the first welcome center we saw, and we found that it was closed and completely empty. Not a good sign! Continue reading
Our day did not start out well. You may recall that when we tried to park in our campsite last night, there was a truck parked there and Mark had to honk for a while to get the owner to come out and move it. This morning as we were packing up, a woman with a clipboard came by and told us that the next camper for our space was there. We were supposed to have a checkout time of 11:00. It was only 10:30. Continue reading