I’m A Clubwoman

Breathe Deep, New Year

by rosemary on 01/05/10 at 7:32 pm

I admit that when I last tried to post, on November 3, nothing went right with the blog software.  I gave up and then life got very busy   So here is a short recap of the last 10 weeks of 2009, and a deep breath for a Happy New Year 2010.

In October, our Club decided to do an old fashioned Halloween Bingo Family Fun Night.  It was a bit last minute so we did simple decorations, games and crafts projects for the children.   We had a haunted house on the stage, Bingo for prizes and a super cake walk.  T he PR was a little short, but everybody had fun, we made a little money and we learned a lot for next year.

One week before Thanksgiving brought the Fire Marshal to the the clubhouse for our annual inspection.  She was a young inspector and sharp on all points.  Six of 10 emergency exit lights were not functioning, 2 exit lights were out, and one 90 year old exterior door used maybe 3 times a year simply would not open. I got a good education out of the experience, met a great volunteer electrician, and dragged my fix-it friends to the building for help and company. Well, things happen to a 100 year old building, but what a pain to have this at the holidays. It took 5 weeks to get all this corrected, whew!

The day before Thanksgiving our eldest  member passed away.  Blanche Madren was 102 years old and just a delight to talk too.  We were all sad but want a wonderful life she had. We held a memorial on Dec 14.

December 5 was our huge annual Snowy Lace and Lilacs Vintage Fashion Tea.  Seating for 140, tea delicacies piled high for 14 tables, hot tea  and a fabulous 100 year retrospective of fashion from our clubs Spokane Vintage Fashion collection.  Amazing outfits modeled by club members of all ages.  I narrated the fashion show for the first time this year and got pretty decent reviews.

At our November and December Club meetings we held an in club Crack fundraiser, to repair the  foundation cracks  in our basement level  room called the Rose Room.  We raised $1000 pronto and got bids.  The contractor was scheduled to come in Dec 21 for a three day job.  Last December, Spokane had maybe 60″ of snow, this year it poured rain all December. The Rose Room was an on again off again pond. Rain was pouring through the cracks as the workers prepped for sealing.  The repair  seems to be working.  At least the room stayed dry for the wedding rental on December 28.  It was a  Military wedding with full honor guard.

I finished up the year doing major rewrites of rental contracts for Club Rentals.