Month: July 2023
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Bad Press
Thursday May 10 2019 After lunch on Thursday; Effie and Roger were folding towels in the laundry room. “I’m going over to clean Bobbie’s room, Roger. You can go poke around in the garden if you want.” Roger headed down the back stairs and made his way to the garden. He saw that Rocco and a…
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Dentist Visit
Wednesday 8 May 2019. It was week 2 of the motel being fully operational. They still had Chase and Mink in the double suite, Jonny in a bachelor suite and they had a couple coming as guests for 3 days. Business travelers were starting to stay and everyone liked the continental Breakfast. The high tea…
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Planning a Garden
Planning A Garden Monday May 6 2019 Bobbie got up, put the coffee on, got ready for her day and went into her office to get her garden plans. She wanted a garden on the South West slope of the motel. The gravel road that ran on that side of the motel was already built…
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More Staffing
They met up with all the other candidates in the reception area of the motel. Trixie smiled. “Well You all better come up then.” They trouped up behind her, like she was the pied piper, into the boardroom. “I am employed as Bobbie’s financial advisor and today, am helping her with staffing” There was a…
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Dishwasher
Dishwasher Wednesday Apr 22 2019 Trixie spent most of her day at Effie’s Aunt’s house where she found the paperwork for Roger and helped him file several years of late tax returns. Trixie also helped Effie’s aunt sort out her husband’s life insurance and Canada Pension Plan (CPP) account. By the end of the day…
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Grande Tour
Lorne’s design was complete. The restaurant had 4 luxurious semi-circle booths along the South West wall with new high windows letting light into the space above them and 10 tables of four that ran down the middle of the room, in two rows. The booths held six to eight people there was space along the…
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Staffing
Monday Apr 20 2019 Bobbie looked out her window and saw that Trixie was there so she grabbed her notes and computer and went over to the reception building. It was interview week. The front desk looked good. The warm wooden top was gleaming and the front was clad with a plain white quartz. Both…
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All Staff meeting
Monday April 17 2019 The restaurant patio was finished and Lorne had worked his magic. One side was the pub door and motel wall and the other was a 6 foot high fence with lateral boards that formed a back wall and blocked off the view of the pool. It allowed dappled sunlight through and…
A Place to be 