Shredding and Costco

It is a very time consuming task to shred documents. I only finished 3 boxes of files yesterday out of about 10 that we brought with us. There are 2 problems. The first is that I need to look at the docunments first before shredding them to make sure there is nothing that we need to save. The second problem, and probably the worst, is that the shredder stops about once every half hour to cool down. This is about a 5-10 minute delay each time. All of these files are those that we had in storage for the 3 plus years we have been traveling and are out of date. They include all of our receipts that we saved for taxes and also my real estate files that have accumulated for over 7 years. Just about everything we get today is paperless statements so we shouldn't have this problem in the future.

The only break in the day between my shredding and Josie's cleaning was a short trip to Costco to get a couple of new pillows. We don't want to take things out of the fifth wheel that we may be using for weekend trips and the ones we've been using at the apartment are old and lifeless. After another quick stop at the Albertson's store across the street for a few things and it was back home to do a little more shredding and watch some TV.

Day 2 of our weekend is today and there will be some more shredding and maybe a trip to the beach. We still haven't been there to take in any of the local beach areas so it's about time we did that.

Josie had a brief conversation with Terri and Charlie while returning the portable phone and beeper to them yesterday and they are a bit down. Our Regional Director is placing a lot of pressure on them - and everybody - to get more move-ins and the pressure is getting to them. We still think that the sales function should be totally separate from operations so that management can concentrate on running the Community and making the residents happy. They will probably find out the hard way.

Happy Presidents' Day everybody...