Well, If I have the right blogs listed as "blogs I follow" it would be easier to see what I've been doing. If I can just keep my head above water with my classwork until Friday, I'll be home free!
Trey's Christmas concert at school is Thursday and I'll be doing the program (I've not even started-but do have the template from last year) and the concert for our church choir including the children's choir is Sunday! Finals are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday...I'm almost looking forward to them! Oh, wait...Christmas! I've not even started shopping!
Monday, December 7, 2009
The Dinner Panic
Saturday was the annual Cub Scout Christmas dinner. I akipped the Dallas Parade walk to stay home an cook. All day, I thought of how "lucky" I was to be indoor slaving in the kitchen instead of waiting in the cold moist air to only walk two miles of the parade and return back to wait in the gridlocked parking lot. Dinner started at 6:30 p.m. and at 8:30 p.m. I'm left with 4 other parents to clean-up the banquet hall from over 150 vultures that desended on the feast.
I cooked from 9:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.; cleaned and packed supplies while the oven was full. I prepared two turkeys, two hams, dressing and gravy for the masses. Each family was to prepare a covered dish (sidedish) and at least two liters of thier favorite beverage. When I look up at 6:20 from setting up the serving line, I see that we have about 50 people, 4 sidedishes and 4 two liter bottles to drink. I paniced. I sent my dauter out for publix potato salad and 9-two liter bottles of soft drinks. By 6:30 p.m. (and the time Dani returned) the room was full and the table had been graced with mac'n cheese and green beans by the dozen.
I have never seen food disappear so fast in all my life. Half-way through everyone being served - the turkey was gone. At the end of the evening, we had no sides left, 6 jars of ranch dip, 3 bags of chips and 10 slices of ham left. Thank goodness...the story of fishes and loaves repeats.
I cooked from 9:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.; cleaned and packed supplies while the oven was full. I prepared two turkeys, two hams, dressing and gravy for the masses. Each family was to prepare a covered dish (sidedish) and at least two liters of thier favorite beverage. When I look up at 6:20 from setting up the serving line, I see that we have about 50 people, 4 sidedishes and 4 two liter bottles to drink. I paniced. I sent my dauter out for publix potato salad and 9-two liter bottles of soft drinks. By 6:30 p.m. (and the time Dani returned) the room was full and the table had been graced with mac'n cheese and green beans by the dozen.
I have never seen food disappear so fast in all my life. Half-way through everyone being served - the turkey was gone. At the end of the evening, we had no sides left, 6 jars of ranch dip, 3 bags of chips and 10 slices of ham left. Thank goodness...the story of fishes and loaves repeats.
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