There were lots of new people, lots of interest. One guy thought he could never cast. Twenty minutes later, my husband, John, had him casting.

We have travel books of brochures from members' trips. The traveling aspect is unique. You can talk to people in the club, and chances are they've been there.

It's a special-interest program that I thought would be good to offer because there were a lot of people who needed repairs and couldn't afford to have them done.

Few people thought that he would be that explicit. We're getting closer to the end of the Fed interest-rate hikes.

We sent out about 120 letters to people who we thought might have an interest in seeing an ethanol plant being built. We have to get everything in line and together for this to move forward and we'll need some help.

We actually started planting shrubbery and trees before the foundation to our home was dug. People thought we were crazy and asked if we were putting in a park.