December 27, 2010

It has been a couple of weeks since the last post, and I hope that everyone had a Merry Christmas, spending time with family and friends.

Carrie and I had a blessed holiday season. We enjoyed an incredible dinner with our fellow Nobles/Ladies of the Board of Directors on Friday December 17 at "Roast" in the Cadillac-Book Hotel.

In previous years, there would be a member of the Board in charge of fining a couple of dollars here and there among the other Board members for not wearing eveything prescribed by the potentate. At the end of the year we would collect the monies and purchase a little trinket for our ladies.

I never really was excited about this and decided for at least one year, there would be no fines. However, at every official Board of Directors Meeting, each member would contribute $5, and the total would be used for a fine dining experience with our wives. Carrie and I dined at Roast, which is a Michael Symon (Iron Chef) restaurant, absolutely delicious with an incredible wine bar and over 60 microbrew beer specials.

We made reservations for the entire Board and our General Chairman and had a fantastic evening. Cost was not a factor, and although restaurant is on the higher end of fine dining, we ate everything and had a real good time. In retrospect, this is exactly how I view this year, having a good time with the majority of the Board of Directors. What a great team, who came together for the Shrine.

Since then we also had a little Office Staff Party on the last day of work, December 23. We usually shut the Shrine Office for the holidays. Our Office Staff has worked hard this year, especially with added responsibilities and we are so very grateful of their efforts.

I did get a couple of days off last week to enjoy the Christmas Holidays, and spent most of time with family. Carrie and I had my sister and brother over for dinner on Christmas Eve, then spent Christmas day with my mom.

This week will be slow, I am going to get down to the Shrine Center a couple of times to begin clearing out the Pote's office, boxing up my personal belongings, getting ready for the Installation on Jan 8.

I have one more Board Meeting next week, followed by a small gathering of the Pote's Staff, and that is IT!!!!!!

Time Flies, Life is Good, and the Shrine is ALIVE!!!!