{"id":18,"date":"2015-08-05T04:42:41","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T04:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/?p=18"},"modified":"2015-08-05T04:42:41","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T04:42:41","slug":"tuesday-august-4-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/index.php\/2015\/08\/05\/tuesday-august-4-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday, August 4, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was the day that it looked as though it could rain most of the day, but never actually produced any precipitation. This morning there was a gorgeous sky that looked like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11794385_1019990548013593_7630901340193717119_o.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-19 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11794385_1019990548013593_7630901340193717119_o-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"11794385_1019990548013593_7630901340193717119_o\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11794385_1019990548013593_7630901340193717119_o-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11794385_1019990548013593_7630901340193717119_o-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11794385_1019990548013593_7630901340193717119_o-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11794385_1019990548013593_7630901340193717119_o-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11794385_1019990548013593_7630901340193717119_o.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>Mid-morning, I joined some of the staff at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elmshotelandspa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elms Hotel &amp; Spa<\/a> for a marketing meeting. It is our hope that by working together and partnering on different events, we can provide a great stay for any of our visitors to town. There are so many great things happening in our business community that we have to offer. Communication is key to making it work for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>There are 40 new teachers to our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.essd40.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Excelsior Springs School District<\/a> this year! The past two weeks they have spent in orientation and meetings, preparing them for the school year that starts next week. Today they had a scavenger hunt in the downtown, starting at the Chamber office where we sent them off with bags to fill with downtown goodies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11218462_10153479699244501_1157814115464285541_n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11218462_10153479699244501_1157814115464285541_n.jpg\" alt=\"11218462_10153479699244501_1157814115464285541_n\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11218462_10153479699244501_1157814115464285541_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11218462_10153479699244501_1157814115464285541_n-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After this, I went with my husband to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mypricechopper.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Price Chopper<\/a> for lunch. They have a new grill and are in the final stages of their renovations of the dining area. I encourage everyone to drop by there for lunch, especially if you can catch a day when they&#8217;re having a fruit cobbler. Delish!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11037045_1020089958003652_5312334232705550401_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21\" src=\"http:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11037045_1020089958003652_5312334232705550401_o-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"11037045_1020089958003652_5312334232705550401_o\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11037045_1020089958003652_5312334232705550401_o-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11037045_1020089958003652_5312334232705550401_o-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11037045_1020089958003652_5312334232705550401_o-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11037045_1020089958003652_5312334232705550401_o-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11037045_1020089958003652_5312334232705550401_o.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">By evening, the clouds were starting to roll through quicker and a nice, cool breeze began to blow. The sky looked ominous, but never produced anything to live up to its mean face.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11836659_1020092624670052_8307014328144001070_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-22 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11836659_1020092624670052_8307014328144001070_n.jpg\" alt=\"11836659_1020092624670052_8307014328144001070_n\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11836659_1020092624670052_8307014328144001070_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11836659_1020092624670052_8307014328144001070_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11836659_1020092624670052_8307014328144001070_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11836659_1020092624670052_8307014328144001070_n-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was the day that it looked as though it could rain most of the day, but never actually produced 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