Catch Up

It has been a few days since I wrote but I haven't been doing nothing. Yesterday we picked cherries in Kent/Sussex as we rent a tree there (£30 a year from www.rentacherry.com). Then we went to Bodiam Castle. Today I spent all day stoning and packing cherries.

Guiding things still ongoing:

• Accounts - Denise is back from holiday and had some questions
• Thanks yous - lots of last meetings for Advisers coming to the end of their appointments plus the Streamline team so we have been buying a lot of flowers
• Guide Adviser appointments - not quite there yet as still need to get people together
• Brownie Adviser - still sorting out dates to meet
• Julie's replacement - interviews later this week but need to sort out contracts, package etc
• Toilet block - lots of decisions about how environementally friendly we should be.
• Retirement letters - drafting them and finding out who we need to send one to. Also should we have a standard County retirement gift?
• Awards Committee - deciding who is in it and whether we should replace the Surrey Lion.
• HW funding - have had offer of help locally
• HW neighbours - wrote to apologise and offer to take them around the site.

I may have missed something....then there is my 50th birthday party to organise.

And my Scenic has broken down - it may only be a split hose in the cooling system but this could be a sign it is time to replace the 11 year old usually very reliable car with something similar like another Scenic. When I was discussing cars with Muriel she said stowage was what as important - and I quite agree.

Next week I am away on business (Guernsey but working) and then on holiday for a week.