susandennis | What a difference a decade makes

When I moved into this condo in February 1992, the place was about 1/3 sold and occupied. Two women had taken a 100 year old railroad warehouse and turned it into condos in a part of town that, at that time, was not known as a residential area. (It still isn't but now it is a very cool place to live.)

One of the other people who lived here was a guy who was fun and friendly. Over a fair amount of wine one night we decided we needed a condo directory. So for a few weeks we went door to door and gather name, rank and serial number. Then I found a little DOS program that created booklets. I typed everything into the software and printed out a copy. We bought colorful paper and trooped on down to my office (IBM) where we spent one Saturday copying, collating and stapling. We were so proud and everyone was delighted.

We repeated the process for a couple of years and then my friend moved to Atlanta and Ann from down the hall agreed to help and the homeowners association agreed to pay for production and our booklets got prettier.

It's that time again but now we have a management company who keeps all the poop in a spreadsheet. I have Office 2003. Getting the thing ready for the printer takes about an hour. And it sure as hell beats surving on the board of directors!