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Showing posts with label Hidden Talents. Show all posts
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Fall Retreat 2012
Posted by
McKenzie
Remember last winter, when I mentioned that I had been tasked as the social committee chair for our [large] department?
Well, I didn't really mention the Spring Retreat, but thought I should definitely document the fun of this Fall retreat!
We started the day off at Rocky Canyon Park where we had fun chatting, playing volleyball, and playing games.
Volleyball Activities
We were supposed to eat around noon when my student employee arrived with the food. But, around 11:55, my colleague tapped me on the shoulder and said "Alec locked his keys in the car, we're going to get the food now."
I took it fairly well. In fact, I thought that it wasn't a big deal.
Then I get a text from Alec.
It all goes back to our experiment with the Career Fair caterer which was a nightmare.
It ended up being okay, despite my stress, although when our VP showed up minutes before the food I did have a "freak-out moment" of panic. Ce la vie.
Gather together listening to our VP
After our activities at Rock Canyon Park, everyone had five choices: 1) Golf, 2) Mini-golf, 3) Men in Black III at Movies 8, 4) the Sundance Chair Lift, or 5) None of the above.
Sherami, Lisa, and I opted for the chair lift. As did Monte and Jay on the chair behind us.
The weather was perfect. It was overcast with a slight cool breeze. So nice.
Taking off!
Monte and Jay are the specks in the distance...
Lisa and Shera
Lisa, Sherami, and I
Sherami and I
Isn't it gorgeous?
I am, however, in denial that the leaves have already started changing.
The lift with Mount Timpanogos in the background.
Jay enjoying the ride
Finishing the ride. I would love to take the lift alone sometime. It would be some wonderful mediation.
All in all the retreat was a success, especially the $24.99 gift cards and 1 taped-on penny ($25 becomes taxable, so our director, Steve, suggested taping on the pennies. It was well-received.)
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
HarvestMarket Co-op
Posted by
McKenzie
A little over a year ago, my family started a food co-op here in Utah called HarvestMarket Co-op.
It has been a crazy learning experience especially considering I am very averse to even the smallest business risk.
Over the year, they've been trying to grow the business, but growth has been slow and instead of breaking even as they'd hoped, costs such as the website were making it a burden. Because of the pace and cost we had a family council a few weeks ago regarding whether or not we wanted to continue to offer the co-op.
And, despite the challenges everyone said let's continue. One of the biggest challenges in order to continue however was creating a website that was functional, professional, and ready to go by July 30th--rather than pay an arm and a leg to have it produced by another company.
So, many, many, many hours later, I am happy to present the new HarvestMarket Co-op website (harvestmarket.org), designed by me with a little help from Blogger and a fabulous Word Press template.
I am pretty impressed with myself, especially considering this was made by a complete novice.
But, novice no longer because I'm signed up for some Java/HTML/CSS classes to learn more!
Side note: HarvestMarket is a great place to get delicious, fresh produce at a great price in Utah County. Check it out!
It has been a crazy learning experience especially considering I am very averse to even the smallest business risk.
Over the year, they've been trying to grow the business, but growth has been slow and instead of breaking even as they'd hoped, costs such as the website were making it a burden. Because of the pace and cost we had a family council a few weeks ago regarding whether or not we wanted to continue to offer the co-op.
And, despite the challenges everyone said let's continue. One of the biggest challenges in order to continue however was creating a website that was functional, professional, and ready to go by July 30th--rather than pay an arm and a leg to have it produced by another company.
So, many, many, many hours later, I am happy to present the new HarvestMarket Co-op website (harvestmarket.org), designed by me with a little help from Blogger and a fabulous Word Press template.
I am pretty impressed with myself, especially considering this was made by a complete novice.
But, novice no longer because I'm signed up for some Java/HTML/CSS classes to learn more!
Our Family

