Hi peeps! I survived!
OK...here's the gist of the party:
FRIDAY (day before)...
Had off from work and cleaned and cleaned for most of the day (we had the lawn mowed the day before to beat the rain). Went and picked up three giant keg coolers (rented) around 4:00pm and Mr. Lixy went to get four kegs of beer (we have a beer miester in fridge in the barn)...2 Busch, 1 Yuengling lager, 1 Coors Light. Then he was off to the ice house. I roasted 5 pork roasts nearly all day and finally pulled the pork around midnight. Made the sauce and meatballs during my lull in cleaning and was flitting about, touching things up, till 1am. Went to bed and zonked from exhaustion till 6:30am (wanted to get up earlier but my hand kept hitting the snooze button).
SATURDAY (party day)...
Got up 6:30am[ish] and showered. Stripped our bed (for guests) and made up the guest room and our bedroom. Tidied up what I didn't do the day before (scrubbed the kitchen floor and such) and went outside to help set up the other canopies. Ran extension cords into house (no outside outlets in this 100+ y/o house...yet) and got the tables set up for the food under the closest canopy to the house. Baby sister arrived (10:30am) and jumped right in to help out with the rest of the preparations. Oldest sister arrived (11am) and her hubby helped carry the food out (in giant electric roasters) because me and baby sis couldn't carry the weight...lol! Poured myself a beer around 11:45am and, to me, the party had begun!!! Finally, my other sister (4 years my junior...and ALWAYS late, so as not to help...lmfao!...she thinks we don't know that) arrived around noon. I put her to work anyway! Curses...foiled again!
The day was pretty nice considering we were in line for Charley to come up the coast. Not real hot, not too humid in the shade, and it didn't rain but fore a few sprinkles throughout the day and night. The music was loud but the neighbors on each side of us were here, so we had no complaints. The food and drink was wonderful. I called the party a "Pot Luck Picnic" and asked everyone to bring their one speciality. Everyone brought more than enough, as usual. We had volleyball set up on the side yard, croquet in the back...behind the barn, horseshoes in the back...aside the barn, and plenty of dancing room on our new patio.
Our Aunt Sally (Starr) came with Mr. Lixy's parents (mother-in-law is Sally's sis). We didn't tell anyone she'd be here so she could relax and not feel like it was a personal appearance. For those who don't know, Sally Starr is a local celebrity (in the N.E. tri-state area of the U.S.). She had a television show when I was younger and anyone in my age group, from these parts, grew up/knows of her and some idolize her to this day. She is 84 now, but still makes personal appearances as "Our Gal Sal". Anyway, when everyone who'd recognize her finally figured out it was indeed her, they bombarded me or hubby to ask if it'd be ok to ask her for an autograph. We appologized to her and she was gracious enough to give everyone who wanted one a b&w 5x7 picture of her with a personal message on it. She actually wondered why anyone hadn't asked earlier as she is used to the recognition and thought no one knew who she was...lol! My friend from work and her hubby also came and they became inadvertant celebrities as well. They are the proud parents of Tony Stewart (current Cincinatti Bengal...former Philadelphia Eagle), and a few of the guests found this out and began to crowd around them as well. LOL...everyone was star struck!
We had peeps here that me and hubby hadn't seen in such a long time. It was a wonderful day and went well into the evening and then into Sunday morning. My baby sis's 14 y/o son and his 15 y/o friend were to stay in my bedroom, on the floor, in sleeping bags. Sis and boyfriend went to bed around 2am and the kids stayed up for a little while after. When they went up to go to bed, my nephew's friend discovered that my cat had left him a present on his sleeping bag. YIKES! They both went out to the car that they came in and slept. I told them they should have waken me, as I had just gone to bed on the sleeper/sofa in the living room and I could have found them better sudo/beds than the car. I felt so bad. My cat hasn't been well and he gets so scared with lots of people around. Oh well...
All in all it was a fanfuckintastic party and I am still cleaning up from it...lol! I have 40,000,000 flies that have set up house in my bathroom and kitchen...and I have crock pots and trays and such that I have to dispense to their rightful owners. I actually have lots more to do today...so I am gonna perv for a few more minutes and then get back to getting this place back in shape. I'll be in and out of Pixies all day and tomorrow!
Love you guys!
*hugs*