It was a lot of fun and I got to meet some really interesting and committed members of my community. I’m looking forward to the next opportunity to participate in something like this – I’ll post about the next activity in case you want to join the fun.
I’ve been wanting to get her here since Day One and Mistie, with her love of history, was pretty interested in coming to Charlottesville, too.
We had a day and a half to work together on a project for our client (and our favorite airport). I picked her up at CHO on Thursday afternoon and she flew out again before dawn Saturday morning.
So late on Friday, I turned to Mistie and said, “How would you like to visit James Madison’s Montpelier?” She wouldn’t admit it, but I think there was a bit of a High School Musical-style squeal in her answer. Off we went (the historic spot is a mere 20 minutes from my home) and made it just in time for the next tour. The photo is of Mistie standing on Montpelier’s terrace, with the Blue Ridge in the background.
Of course, as we took our tour, our wheels were turning with all the ways we’d like to drive visitors to Montpelier, an attraction that gets just a third of the visitors that Monticello sees annually. We’d love to do the work, and we make a heck of a team.
I get so completely fired up when one of my team members visits (five of the 25 from St. Louis have visited me in C’ville so far). We are a force of nature and get some amazing work done in a short amount of time.
Mistie — it was so great to have you here. There’s no shortage of historic spots so we’ll squeeze a new one in every time you fly in.
Mistie’s blog is hilarious, irreverent and heartfelt. She’s a motherblogger with a lot to say and when she’s fired up, she sounds just like Suzanne Sugarbaker (bless her heart.)
Mistie shares the trials and joys of raising two young princesses with a firm belief system and a dose of Southern charm. When you read her blog, you’ll not only laugh out loud, you’ll know you’ve found a new friend.
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Don’t miss my weekly gig tonight on WCAV CBS-19 in Charlottesville or streaming live online at http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/ on the 6:30pm newscast (Eastern time for my Central time readers).
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Right, I know — you’re thinking, Springsteen was already here and it’s true, he was. But it is not THAT boss of which I blog. My boss, the president and owner of the company for which I work, is coming to visit me in Charlottesville. It’s her first visit to the village since I’ve been here, and I’ve geared up for an all-star agenda.
Now, how many of you have been able to entertain your boss in your home? How often do employees get to take a boss on a ride-along for an entire “typical” day, ending with dinner with the family and maybe a little Rock Band?
Yes, of COURSE it’s unnerving — I’m not sugar-coating. I love her and love working with her but I think she may be a little unnerved by my life! She’s known me for three years but this will be the first time she’ll meet the rest of the family. The girl is already practicing, as she said, “being a little angel so I don’t mess things up for you.” Huh. We’ll see. I hope the boss is ready to have her ears talked off and to pay sufficient attention to Clover, who, for at least the first five minutes will be rather demanding.
I’ve spent the better part of the weekend cleaning, planning what I’ll make the boss for dinner, baking another fabulous from-scratch blueberry lattice-top pie and planning where we’ll go and what we’ll do while she’s here.
Thanks to the C’villian folks and my C’ville Twitter friends, I’ve gotten lots of great recommendations for where to take her for dinner — I will let y’all know what she thinks of our town!
Lest you think I’ve been too uptight about this visit, I’m sure my kids (and my husband) will be delightful and charming while she’s here. I just hope the boy remembers she’s visiting and doesn’t (as he usually does) make his morning trek through the house in just his boxer shorts. That might be asking a little too much for her to bear.
