Twelve hours in bed
and most of it asleep!
I awoke at 5 a.m. Thursday, needing to finish a bit of cleaning
before the church women arrived for our Christmas Stone Soup luncheon.
I swabbed the guest bathroom
... and put a Christmas quilt on the bed.
I "sweated" the aromatic veggies for the soups.
I staged the desserts to pop in the oven.
I mopped the kitchen floor.
I set the dining room tables.
I put the make-and-take project materials on the kitchen table.
I showered and dressed.
Guests due at 11:30 and it was only 10 a.m.
Do you ever have a feeling that surely you've forgotten something?
(Apparently nothing more than the mayo for the wraps.)
Everyone brought a can of something to go in the soup.
(I had started vegetable beef with leftover pot roast and gravy.
Also a pot of turkey rice with mushrooms and spinach.)
We made blessing rings to go to shut-in members.
The party was a great success and I never took a single snapshot!
I was whipped, though.
Alex and I ate the remaining wraps standing at the kitchen counter
and crawled into bed at 6 p.m.
I slept till 6 a.m. Friday.
I NEEDED THAT!
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| Old French folk tale |
... and put a Christmas quilt on the bed.
I "sweated" the aromatic veggies for the soups.
I staged the desserts to pop in the oven.
I mopped the kitchen floor.
I set the dining room tables.
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| Too lazy to stitch two lengths of gingham together! |
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| Blessing Ring |
Guests due at 11:30 and it was only 10 a.m.
Do you ever have a feeling that surely you've forgotten something?
(Apparently nothing more than the mayo for the wraps.)
Everyone brought a can of something to go in the soup.
(I had started vegetable beef with leftover pot roast and gravy.
Also a pot of turkey rice with mushrooms and spinach.)
We made blessing rings to go to shut-in members.
The party was a great success and I never took a single snapshot!
I was whipped, though.
Alex and I ate the remaining wraps standing at the kitchen counter
and crawled into bed at 6 p.m.
I slept till 6 a.m. Friday.
I NEEDED THAT!
That is unheard of (for you!!!) I hope you aren't coming down with something that just hasn't arrived yet. Glad to hear that your party was a huge success!
ReplyDeleteyou must have been exhausted!! hope you had fun though
ReplyDeleteI understand that long winter's nap (or long late-fall nap) since I've had a bout of flu all week.....Stone Soup is a great theme for a potluck gathering. I think most of us think about Marcia Brown's picture book when the tale is mentioned.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a lot of work, but also a lot of fun! I'm glad you slept well afterwards! I woke up at 4:45 this morning, and who knows why - so frustrating...
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great party!
ReplyDeleteA great party requires a great nap!
ReplyDelete(And how was the soup?)
The stone soup lunch sounds like so much fun! I used to work for a church and we had those every year. I don't want to go back to work, but your post makes me miss them - lol! I bet your house looked beautiful.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a very fun party. Glad you got in some good recovery time afterwards.
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