Tuesday, November 16, 2010

The Work Continues in the Museum Gift Shop

By Jackie Garabino
Museum Gift Shop and Volunteer Manager

Catherine, the master of restoration,
is going to make this shelving shine!
The work continues to transform the shop and kitchen area.  Catherine is the champion restorer of all things decrepit! Catherine, Joseph and I will move the restored shelving back into the kitchen and work on dismantling that shelving in the middle room. 

Mitchell and Joseph studying the intricacies of door
dismantling. The weapon of choice is just out of sight









The idea of a map and book middle room is coming into reality.  Mitchell and Joseph removed the door and brought my desk into the kitchen area.  Joseph had to saw off part of the desk, but you do what you must to make it fit. 


Pat Cassidy making like a government worker
as she stamps the new bags...paper of course as we are going green.


Pat Cassidy can stamp and sell without working up a sweat.  She said she felt more like a prisoner stamping out license plates.  Maybe we need to improve working conditions at the museum....hmmm









Vladimir and his sidekick inspect their work.
 What's especially exciting is that our new alarm system is finally complete. The guys said they stand by their system, which means is it tough and ready!

Friday, November 12, 2010

Yes, We Take Credit Cards Part 2

By Jackie Garbarino
Museum Gift Shop and Volunteer Manager

After some trial and error, we finally got our credit card machine up and running. So now we can shout to the world, "yes, we take credit cards!"

Our first credit card customer. I am smiling for two reasons -
the sale and the fact I figured out how to use the machine.

Monday, November 8, 2010

A Beginning . . .

By Jackie Garbarino
Museum Gift Shop and Volunteer Manager

Joseph is still smiling in spite of the hard work!
Joseph and I decided to tackle a small part of the Mother In Law infestation to make more room on the portico for the cruise tour visitors. It took 2 hours plus.

The root looks like a large carrot and if we don't dig that out the plant comes back like Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. Working for the next 2 weeks every day and we might just make a dent in the problem.


We can even see a little bit of the ground now.
 These girls have definitely been growing out of control. Time to establish discipline in the museum yard! But it won't happen in 2 weeks!

Progress is slow but steady.




Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Yes, We take Credit Cards - Part 1

By Jackie Garbarino
Museum Gift Shop and Volunteer Manager

Well, soon we will take credit cards. First we have to get the internet working in the gift shop. Again our volunteers to the rescue.
  
The internet elf . . . how to get a signal through these thick walls
he asks?!?

Dan Boucher came all the way from Canada to help us out. Dan is a friend of Mitchell Loeb in the sort of Panama hat. Mitchell and Catherine spend most of their winters here. Mitchell has a plane and tomorrow he goes to Provo to pick up Catherine, and he is going to bring back 300 feet of Ethernet cable saving the museum $93! Price in Provo $42, price in GDT $135...not exactly priceless!

More to come.

At the end of the day the volunteers gathered on the front porch for a well deserved break.


Coffee and pastry on the balcony provided by the workers... it can't get better than this! Finbar Dempsey and Meg Ward are in the chairs. Gordon Ward (who happens to be the chief justice and helped put up the curtain but does not want to be named) is on the bench beside Meg's chair, then Mitchell, Dan and Ann.