Tetu Island Blog

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM TETU ISLAND LODGE!

We hope that all of you were able to enjoy a great Holiday season with family and friends and we wish all of you a very happy, successful and healthy 2010!

Ed and I spent a very quiet Christmas here at home in Minneapolis. All our children were out of town but we were able to get together with Kate and Scott the week of New Years. I have NO idea what got into ME, but I spent most the entire time baking and trust me, our waistlines are showing that I need to find something else to do in my spare time! Literally hundreds of cookies were decorated and I think I was up to 15 batches of caramel corn and peanut brittle! Not surprising, Ed did more than his share about complaining about the price of butter! Ha!

We're getting ready and packed for Ed to attend the Pheasant Run All Canada Show in Chicago this next week. I'll stay home with the dogs this trip. Speaking of dogs, our little yellow lab Caliber has torn a ligament in her knee and we are busy preparing her for a surgery on the knee in a couple of weeks. Her post op care will prove to be difficult, as she has a full two weeks of being down 24/7 and then 6 weeks of very slow and careful physical therapy. We're hoping to have her up and about and back to normal by opening of the fishing season. She is getting some injections into the knee and also having some laser therapy right now. If you remember, the same thing happened to our chocolate lab, Muskie. The same ortho surgeon worked on her as well, so we have full confidence in this great man that he can make our little Cali "back to normal!" Muskie has had a great winter, and staying healthy. Cooper, is well, just Cooper so he is ALWAYS great and happy!

We'd like to thank you all for the wonderful Christmas cards and holiday greetings we received! It's so fun to hear from so many of you and see the beautiful photos of you and your family members. Our Tetu photos even made it onto the covers of some of these cards and we will cherish these great shots! We love being included in your news and photos.

I'm sure this comes as no surprise, but Tetu could sure use your help in the coming season with reservations. We appreciate all of your referrals for Tetu and will make it worth your while if you can help! In this economy today, it's so important for people to feel they get their "money's worth" and I can assure you that we at Tetu can deliver that! Our staff understands the terms "service" and "customer relations" better than anyone in this business and every single one of you are important to all of us at Tetu Island Lodge. These past couple of years have proven to be a very tough time in this industry and it is only because all of our very loyal guests that we are still able to continue on at Tetu. Many resorts in Canada are closed or for sale and we are so fortunate to be able to plan on the fast approaching season!

If you are planning on reserving a trip with us, we are hoping you will call or e mail soon with some possible dates. We'd still love to give you last year's rates, so hurry before Ed gets on the road. We worked closely with our accountants these past couple of years in order to keep our costs down ,which in return gives you a better trip for your money!

If any of you have any comments, suggestions or ideas for us at the resort, please let us know! We love hearing from you and are always listening on how we can make your fishing adventure different!

Our entire staff is enjoying their winter off and we're looking forward to their return this season. All have been invited back for another year and we are hoping to add one or two more for the season at Tetu.

I'm hoping all of you are staying warm! (I'm not even going to go into that one this week!) It's too miserable to discuss, as most of you know I am NOT fond of living back in Minnesota during these winters-:) Hopefully, we'll see some of you during the shows in Chicago and here in Minneapolis. Have a good week, spend some quality time with your family, take a look at your 2010 calendar and plan a trip back so see us this year!! Gee, I sound a little bossy, eh?

Kathi