Barb Banda reported that there is still no budget for cheese and moved to hold off on addressing the budget any further until after the upcoming Dominoes Dance and secret celebrity projects are both completed. Georgie seconded the motion.
NEW BUSINESS
Dominoes Dance Photographer
Still need to find one.
Secret Celebrity Project
Georgie Mays discussed how she is still waiting for confirmation back from the secret celebrity. When members asked for another clue, she reported that the longesound at the end of the first name is the lettery. Dolly Parton and Larry the Beekeeper remain on the list of guesses with the new additions of Barry Manilow, Harry Styles, and Jeffrey Goldblum.
Botanical Birds
Barb Banda discussed how much she likes hummingbirds, and which birds freak her out. Owls, mostly.
AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING
Dominoes Dance
Secret Celebrity Project
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at 3:01p.m. by Georgie Mays. The next general meeting will be held in The Happy Hiccup Bed and Breakfast as soon as Georgie thinks of more things that need to be discussed. Lottie Puckett wants it on the record that she won’t be attending this meeting either no matter how badly the committee begs her to come back.
Minutes submitted by:McKenna Boston
Approved by:Evie Dawson
Nate slowed his pace, jogging up the final stretch to the B&B. The skin around his stitches tugged and burned, and he didn’t have the right sort of shoes, but sometimes a guy just needs to run away. At least for a while.
When he reached the top of the driveway, he clasped his hands behind his head to catch his breath. Hopefully the quick run had loosed up the muscles in his neck. Muscles that had been tight ever since a frenzied redhead crashed into his armpit and stirred up his life.
How long had he known her? Not even a week? Seemed so much longer. Didn’t help that Gus, Lottie, Barb, and Evie had apparently treated her like one of the gang before roll call had even ended on their first meeting together yesterday afternoon.
What was it about McKenna that made everyone so comfortable? Well, everyone but Nate.
He massaged the kink in his neck. He wouldn’t be comfortable until she was gone.
Yesterday they’d spent entirely too much time together, first clearing the fallen branches from the recent windstorm, then repairing the part of the fence line at the far back of the property one of the neighbor’s cows had apparently decided to stomp down overnight.
Worst part about the whole day was that McKenna seemed to enjoy it. All of it. The heat. The sweat. The cows. Everything. Between her cheery disposition and strong work ethic, of course Nate had to go for a run this morning. A girl like that gets inside a guy’s head. Or worse, his heart. And with Nate heading back to his life in New York, and McKenna wanting to start a new life of her own in LA, the last thing Nate needed was a girl like that.
After cooling off, Nate ambled toward the house, his stomach rumbling for breakfast. Hopefully thegirl like thathad already eaten and started on the to-do list he’d left on the kitchen table for her.
Before Nate made it to the front porch, thegirl like thatwas barreling around the side of the house, screaming. “Blood! Blood!”
Blood?Nate raced toward her, his heart rate kicking up into another gear as he raked his eyes over her, searching for signs of injury. “Where are you hurt?”
“Not me. The chicken. Hurry. I don’t know what to do.”
Nate grabbed her hand as she started to turn. “I’m sorry, but did you say a chicken is hurt?”
Her hand squeezed his. “Not hurt.Dead.It’s a complete massacre.”
Nate clung to her hand to keep her from taking off—and to give himself a moment to compose himself. “So you ran around the side of the house screaming and giving me a heart attack because...”
“Because Ms. Agnus was butchered by a serial killer. What else was I supposed to do?”
