It's Friday

Yesterday was a busy day; today I only have one thing to do this afternoon. Here are a few pictures from the turkey dinner on Wednesday.

Pumpkin slices waiting for cool whip.

The help is waiting for customers.

They have arrived. Not sure of the total count that we served. There were a lot of carryouts.

Potatoes

We only had to peel and cut up 125 pounds of potatoes. 6 of us got them done in no time. Then I had to go upstairs and pay the bills. I was told that none of the stores in town had easy canned pumpkin so I went to Meiers in Woodridge and got a can and there was only one left on the shelf. I don't know why there is a shortage of canned pumpkin. Tomorrow I have to bake pumpkin slices and waitress at the first serving. Then eat at the late serving and come home to rest.

Prepping for Turkey Dinner

The Ladies Aid from our Church serve a turkey dinner every October. Dan, one of the ladies' husband takes vacation time from work to cook all of the turkeys. Today we cut up 40 loaves of bread for the stuffing and a whole bunch of onions and celery. I did get stuck cutting onion so I put a piece of bread in my mouth and that seemed to work pretty good in keeping away the tears. We also set up tables, plates and silverware for 150. Tomorrow will be peeling and cutting up 150 pounds of potatoes for mashed potatoes.I should have taken a picture today of the workers but forgot. Maybe tomorrow.

Finished a Couple of Things

I finally finished painting the Cub player caricature that I learned how to carve at the Gathering of Woodcarvers. He turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself. He will be a gift to a Cub Fan.

I also finished another gourd called a "river runs through it". It has a carved groove all around it with tiny little beads glued in the "river". It's ok but I imagined it better. I'll just put it on the mantle with the rest of the finished gourds. The color is eggplant.

WOW!

Where has this week gone? It's already Thursday. Yesterday I spent the entire day gourding and carving. I am trying different carvings that I could sell and give away as Christmas ornaments. So far I have 3 in mind and the cutest takes the most amount of time so I'm going to do another one of the same and see if I can cut down on the carving time.
I want to paint the caricature that I did at the Gathering of Woodcarvers and get it out of the way and I have to spray another gourd with poly and get it out of the way. At woodcarving class I'm still working on the horse's head; it's taking a long time because I only work on it in class.

Sunday

Well, the LWML Sunday skit is over. Here we are trying to be trees. The congregation loved us as usual. They love to see the old ladies of the Church make fools of themselves.

We had plenty of goodies to serve at the coffee "and". After Church , Marge and I went to visit JD and Norma who have had health problems and brought them flowers from the altar, and a beautiful afghan crocheted by one of our members and some goodies for coffee.

Now I rest.

Saturday

Another week has rolled by very quickly. Yesterday I did get the costumes such as they are made for tomorrow's skit. Four of us will be representing trees. I also baked zucchini bread yesterday, will freeze some and eat some now. Today I went to a funeral of a church member, then some quick shopping. Lee wanted to go to downtown Lemont to see the art show on Main street. There were about 6 vendors. The weather is cold and damp and not a lot of people roaming the streets. Then home again to bake orange brownies for the coffee and tomorrow. Now for a little nap.