Friday, May 11, 2012
Family Work Day
Wednesday our little family all worked together in the store with Big Rick. The store was closed through the winter so there are some things to do to get it ready for the season opener. It will be stocked with food items, clothes, fishing gear and such. We also sell gas from here. Brian and Rick showed me how to work the machine to sell gas, but I have not done it solo yet. Eek! It's been a LONG time since I had to learn new job tasks.
Rick and his dad spent the day working on a leak in the minnow tank. Big Rick takes about a million calls a day--questions, business arrangements, what are you wearing, etc.
My chore for the day was pricing the apparel and putting it out on shelves and hangers, under the watchful eyes of Andie and the dead fish on the wall.
Tyson busied himself with many things, cleaning the floor included.
Once again he has no pants on. He claimed he spilled water on them. I have concerns that he is the guy that doesn't wear pants, ever. Every child has the odd habit or two, but some do carry over as they age. Please Lord don't let this habit be one of them.
One evening this week Jenny took me out in the boat for a ladies expedition. We had planned to do some exploring on some trails a few miles from the resort, but the weather was yuck. So we just took Ava out to meet her grandparents. Jenny was brave enough to start driving a boat last year. I have no intention of learning in the near future. Maybe some day down the road when I have mastered a couple things around here that are a little simpler. I attempted to some trimming with the weed whacker this week and failed miserably. I may have cut off the power to the neighbor's well. I need to get a firm grasp on these small tasks before I go driving a huge machine across the water. Don't even get me started on trying to dock the thing. I have to go eat a Tums just thinking about it.
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Tell pantless mustard face "hi" from Aunt Amy. Did he tell you he spilled water on his pants in the third person? Just say yes.
ReplyDelete:) He didn't, but you will find it equally funny that he has a mustard face becuase he was painting mother's day gifts and painted his own cheeks and tongue. Once the paint hit the mouth, there was some gasping and shouting. Apparently paint is not flavored.
ReplyDeleteJust a couple thoughts...
ReplyDelete1). Don't worry about Tyson not wearing pants. Like I shared earlier, Brian went without pants for a period of time, and he turned out ok....kind of....(well, maybe you should worry just a little). However, even if he surpasses Brian's sans pants record, people at the Angle will take it all in stride, and give him a nickname, rather than calling social services like they would in the city (though during June when all the city folk come through, it may be wise to have him keep a low profile).
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2). Don't worry about the weed whacker. I went through so much string one summer that I was not allowed to use the string whacker. They gave me the blade one with strict instructions to not break the blade by getting too close to anything. I, of course, was so paranoid that I kept a good six inches away from any edge which left a lovely weed border. Rick tried to work with me, but after dis embodying several frogs and a mouse, and leaving the trellises around the cabins looking like they had suffered a two year old's self haircut, I was given the string wacker back and sent to weed whack the Campground when there were no campers to get in my the way of my talents. This would not be such a pathetic story had it not played out each summer from when I was 16 until I was 27.
ReplyDelete3). Best advice ever from Big Rick regarding driving a boat: "you can't flip it and the only way to learn to park in the wind is to park in the wind.". Best thing about Big Rick, he helps you out on how to do it and doesn't care if you dislodge a dock post learning.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry I have rattled on. Some things are just important to share. Though, I do sometimes marvel at the fact that Rick and Pat let me work there with my track record. Thank goodness I had such a winning personality (rahHahhahah).
Janie, Why did you have to grow up and go out and get your own life? We still miss you and would take you back in a heartbeat!
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