public void LoadNotes()
        {
        if (IsBusy)
            return;

            IsBusy = true;

            bool shouldClose = false;

            // Is the database already open?
            if (conn.State != ConnectionState.Open)
            {
                shouldClose = true;
                conn.Open();
            }

            // Execute query
            using (var command = conn.CreateCommand())
            {
         // Create new command
         command.CommandText = "SELECT Id,Name,Observations from [tblNotes] ORDER by Id DESC";
                try
                {
                    //await DataStore.GetItemsAsync(true);
                    using (var reader = command.ExecuteReader())
                    {
                        while (reader.Read())
                        {
                            MMNote item = new MMNote();
                            // Pull values back into class
                            item.Id = Convert.ToString(reader[0]);
                            item.Name = Convert.ToString(reader[1]);
                            item.Observations = Convert.ToString(reader[2]);  
                            NoteItems.Add(item);
                        }
                    }                    
                }

                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    Debug.WriteLine(ex);
                }
                finally
                {
                    IsBusy = false;
                }
            }
            // Should we close the connection to the database
            if (shouldClose)
            {
                conn.Close();
            }
        }

 public void ReloadNotes()
 {
     NoteItems.Clear();
     LoadNotes();
 }