For the past few days and throughout this week, we are bidding our seasonal farewells to friends as we relocate to Palm Coast for the winter.
Last night we had a wonderful dinner over at Howard and Kristen's Dry Ridge Inn and loved hearing about their successful October and their lives. Howard may be coming to visit us in Florida.
We also had lunch with our next-door neighbor, Maryanne, who is now enjoying Las Vegas for a few days after caring for her ailing husband for 3 years.
Friday night we went to the Arts for Life "Fancy Pants" event with Gil and Joe. (we had to wear fancy pants-- see Patrick's pajama bottoms to the left) Arts for Life works with seriously ill children to help them conquer their fears and handle their emotions. We heard from the parents of Henry who lost his hair twice and now it has come back curly and he is doing so much better, plus enjoyed videos of their work with hundreds of sick children. We also bid on some art items and won a few! Fun! Plus the food was actually tasty -- it hardly ever is at these big events but they did a good job. We met some new folks and overall had a nice evening. This event could become a model for a potential CFA event next year.
Saturday we hosted a CFA staff party to say good-bye and transfer work to folks while we are gone. We are so lucky to have a dependable team who can handle the work load while we are gone. Thanks to Patrick for his great grilled pizzas! I got to open the bag of salad and chop the fruit while he artistically arranged all the ingredients of the pizzas and grilled them. He'll be writing and arranging for a mystery fund-raising (hair raising?) event for CFA in June of next year. Should be fun.
This week we are beginning to plan our PR campaign via a professional here in Asheville who has great media contacts. And I am presenting a status update to The Animal Coalition of Buncombe County on Wednesday morning. We'll be seeing even more of our animal friends Thursday night, along with the Palmers, at another big event, Taste of Compassion. After that, we will have made our rounds.
We've done this twice before, so we should know how to pack the cars, but each time it is a challenge. Wish us luck! Come see us anytime.
Love,
Peggy
hey Peggy-you two are having lots of fun! i especially love the fancy pants on patrick! that was a great idea to take a photo. it sounds like a really fun event. speaking of fun events we will see you at TOC tonight ... YUM!!! that's fun that you are going, too! :) michelle
ReplyDeletehi Peggy! it was fun to see you last night! deeeelicious, too!!!! hope you two are having a good drive down to FL . . . i know it's a long one but it will be worth it! hope it all goes smoothly and that you get all settled in asap. good luck with everything and post an update once you are unpacked! hi to Patrick and the pups! :) michelle P.S. send some warm weather up here to us, please!
ReplyDeleteGREAT seeing you and Natalie and Jenny last week as well. I do wish you would come to Florida to inspect your bird feeder! We would love to see you. Thanks for all your comments! I am sending you warm weather thoughts. . Should be 80 degrees here today. We'll keep 75 and send you the extra 5 -- how's that?
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