Tuesday April 9, 2013 update #417

Tuesday April 9, 2013  update #417

Bella was off to the book exchange early this morning then to complete her many other chores.

I was up early to fine-tune more paperwork for a Hearts Of Gold meeting in the afternoon.   I then caught a bus downtown to go to the jewelry market to retrieve my magnetic bracelet, which I had left with the lady for a week.  She spent 10 minutes hunting it down then she was pulling out the fishing line to start work on it.   I told her I would be back in 2 days because I don’t want a rush job like last time that did not last.

As I meandered my way to the Hearts of Gold office, wishing to arrive before they close for lunch, I snapped a few photos along Solano on the way.   I won’t have much time to myself this week to do photos.

I was surprised to find our maid Rosa at the office but it seems she is the liaison with some destitute families in the country that we support.   Our world is getting much more close-knit here.

At the office I busied myself with organizing the auction physical items and tagging them with their position numbers.  Then Denton Verkley came in to photograph all of them for posting on the Hearts Of Gold website.  We have about 45 physical items and about 55 Gift Certificates so we have a great assortment of items to bid on.  We hope the citizens and gringos of Cuenca will support us heavily.

The meeting was productive as we get down to the final items to process.  I picked up about 15 more today that I will have to arrange all the paperwork on.  There were many changes desired that I need to incorporate on the sheets.  We discussed who should handle which positions on Auction night and we have a few outsiders that have volunteered to help as well.   Our preparations are nearing completion.

There were some heated discussions about major donors wanting to pitch their wares physically at the Auction and we had to put the Kybosh on that.  We simply don’t have the room and we don’t want to take away from the charitable spirit of the Auction.  We have no problems with them supplying business cards and brochures but that is where it must end.   The only exception we are allowing is a partner organization with charitable intentions as well.

Remember I posted the warning about Banco Territorial yesterday on this Blog, and I also sent it to GringoTree and GringoPost so we could warn as many folks as possible about the deadline.    You can imagine my shock to discover that GringoTree did not post the notice.   I honestly cannot figure those guys out.   They normally do such good stuff but lately are more interested in pestering us with an annoying pop-up every day.   I have now complained to the owners to see what can be done.

Relaxation is the ticket tonight as I will tackle the paperwork in the morning when I am fresh.   I am too cranky tonight to do it any justice.

Happy Birthday Patsy.

That was today’s excitement.   Hugs to all.  Please see all new photos at http://souvenircuenca.blogspot.com/