Hard to believe Thanksgiving 2009 has come and gone and here it is December 1st! The day started out cool (47 degrees near Philo) but beautiful. The coast was quite nice, but now at 2pm the fog has come in and we look like Mendocino again.
Things seem to be happening again with real estate. Several of the agents in my office have escrows right now and everyone is busy. It's a good feeling after the months of idleness. I really like what I do but I feel the best when I'm actually doing it! I've been listening to several podcasts about the economy as well as reading weekly news bulletins from the California Association of Realtor's; most seem to think we are hitting the bottom of the recession now, possibly even on the beginning of the upward swing. That's encouraging. There are more foreclosures on the radar and jobs haven't stablized, but most areas are ready to absorb more inventory and the lower prices have certainly helped first time buyers. One podcast I really enjoyed was from the Commonwealth Club of California and the speaker was Gary Schlossberg and the program was The Big Picture: What Happened and What's Ahead. If you go to www.commonwealthclub.org you can find his recording in the archives.
This weekend there are a couple of exciting events I want to share. Friday and Saturday are performances called Great Feets; they are a contemporary dance troupe that includes aerial silks, trapeze and gymnastics in their dance. They were part of the circus I went to a couple months back and they were very good and I'm looking forward to seeing them again. Saturday night is also the Boonville Big Band at Lauren's Restaurant in Boonville. Always great music and fun and dancing for all. There are also crafts sales all over the place on Saturday - Boonville, Elk and Ukiah for three, but Mendocino has some as well.
I want to also give an early head's up about the Soroptomist's of Mendocino's Bingo Bash, which will be held at the end of February next year. It's a very fun evening with a sit down dinner and several bingo games and thousands of dollars in prizes. The money goes to various causes that the Soroptomist's support; last year a good portion of the money went for the funding of *** cancer screenings and other health costs during the month of October at the Coast Clinics. Tickets go fast, so if you want to be included in the invitation list, please let me know right away.
I hope you enjoy the rest of your week. I don't know about any of you, but other than for the kids, I'm trying not to do too much shopping this year. I'm working on some art projects, I did some canning earlier in the year and I'm finding gently used books as gifts. It feels good to do this and not just spend a lot of money for things people may or may not even want. Until next week - cheers!