After a little glitch in the arrival of the two girls from Ontario we were off. Carol was flying Westjet and Lina was flying air Canada. Their flights were due in 20 minutes apart. It was a little rainy and a bit foggy but we didn't think it was that serious. Carol's flight, the first one due, almost landed. In fact the screen inside the terminal indicated that it had arrived, then a couple of minutes later it changed to say delayed for over an hour. What the heck? Turns out the pilot made the decision not to land at the last second and they were diverted to Moncton. Lina's flight arrived right on time 20 minutes later. The Moncton people on the other hand, were now being bussed! So Lina and I went to have something to eat, then to the liquor store to fill the wine bottles for the conference, and then back to the airport to meet the bus around 9:30. We were texting Carol as to their progress, and told her to let us know when they got to the bridge, to which she replied, " Will I know when I get there?" Ah, yeah, you'll know it!! Once everyone was here, we headed home and off to bed. It had been a long day for them.
Tuesday was just as cold but at least it wasn't quite so wet. After breakfast of homemade cinnamon rolls, eggs and bacon, we headed out to the craft room. Brenda had arrived just in time to join us for breakfast and we all worked on some little envelope I had cut out that needed to be folded and taped together, and cards put inside. There were 10 finished, only another 104 to go. In no time at all they were finished and the girls were duly impressed with my crafting space.
Later in the morning we headed into town to meet with our MC, Zach Bell from Hot 105.5. We went over a few details with him then headed out to do a little shopping along the waterfront. There was a cruise ship in so most shops were open, but it was really cold walking along there. Later we met up with some old friends of Lina's and had coffee. They stayed there while I went off to my final dance class. Then it was back home for something to eat. Lobster and potato salad fit the bill quite nicely.
Wednesday was a much nicer day, still chilly but the sun was shining. We started the day with a committee meeting over at the resort, then we headed out to tour the island. We went over to Dalvay, but unfortunately it wasn't open yet. But we could tour the grounds a bit. Then it was off to the Dunes for a bit of shopping, and then on to Green Gables. On our way back we stopped and picked up all the groceries we were going to need for Friday. More lobster and some BBQ steak for supper and we were all happy campers.After supper we headed over to the resort for the meet and greet and then spent several hours in one of the cottages visiting some more. It was quite late when we got home, around 1:20 am and then it was up again early on Thursday morning.
Now it was time to get into full on production. I had the potatoes cut up and cooking and a lot of the cabbage shredded by the time the girls got up, which was actually pretty early. They assisted by helping cut up various other ingredients. Lloyd had picked up a donation of 150 chocolate milks at ADL and they had to be taken over to the resort. So we loaded those up as well as the girls luggage and went off to drop them off. Thursday was much better weather so my hope was they might have a bit of time to go down to the beach and enjoy some free time.
In the afternoon Lloyd helped me with peeling and chopping potatoes and after he went to bed, Brenda arrived and took over for her. I can't stress how helpful it was to have so many willing hands.
Stay tuned on Wednesday for more details on the actual event!
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