The Training Alliance Reunion

I have worked for The Training Alliance for 18 years as the Bookkeeper/Admin. I started working for TTA and Dawn Zintel when we lived in Morgan Hill, CA. Dawn lived in Gilroy and ran her business out of her home. I was fortunate enough to be able to work about 4 hours each day - while my kids were in school and Dawn has always been very generous with my income. When we moved to Arizona, Dawn and I worked it out that I would still be able to do my job remotely, which has been a huge blessing for us. It actually worked out well for Dawn too because she moved to Canada about a year after we moved to Arizona and she needed somebody in the US to continue keeping her books. 

Dawn eventually bought a couple of houses in Gilbert, Arizona with the thought of eventually moving here part-time (I was her Real Estate agent!) Dawn has gone from being my boss, to my real estate client to a very dear friend. She owns a beautiful home in Val Vista Lakes that she has rented out for a few years. It is finally empty and she is enjoying the use of the home after renting it for about 6 years. In November, she invited some of the people we've worked with over the years to a reunion - the 25th Reunion of The Training Alliance, to be exact! Everybody stayed at Dawn's house, except I stayed at our home. Bryan was able to join us for the activities and is now an official TTA member! 

Below is the gang - eating lunch at a beautiful resort. Left to right: Frank Croft (Dawn's husband), Andrea Dodd, Bryan, Sonja Sakovich, me, Dawn Zintel, Darlene Frank. It was so good to see everybody again and Dawn was generous to pay for our meals and activities during the 4 day reunion. It was very fun.

Bryan and I also had a chance to take Dawn out to dinner at The Melting Pot, a fondue restaurant in Scottsdale. She took this picture of us. The food was delicious, but way too expensive.