Looong weekend

After all of the fun at the Washington County Fair, it was time to work.  That night, I still had to pack for Saturday's Pampered Chef show in Attleboro, plus pack for the Fall Kick Off that I was participating in on Saturday morning in North Kingstown.  I didn't get to bed until 1am.

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I was up at 6am--I had to make Loaded Baked Potato Chowder to bring to the kick-off.  I headed for the kitchen, grabbed the potatoes, and went to vigorously wash them off when THIS greeted me:

A house centipede.  I don't care how helpful these insects are, they CREEP ME OUT.  Thankfully, Eli woke up a few minutes later, and killed it for me. :)  My hero.

Out the door by 7:30--Steve and I were ships that pass in the morning. LOL  It was SOOO hot already, and just going to get hotter.  Thank God for air conditioning in the building where we held the kick off.  We set up tables, chairs, and got everything ready for a 9:30 start time.  I think the meeting went really well.  We tried the new recipes (After Dinner Mint Triangles--oh my.), saw a recipe demo, did recognition---it was great.

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I had to be in Attleboro by 1:30, so I helped break down a bit, then scooted.  I went home to drop off some dirty dishes, then zipped up the highway.  And my host had A/C!!!  Whew!

It was a fun show--lots of really nice people.  We made a Tropical Torte with Fresh Pineapple.  Yum.

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After the show, I stopped at my friend, Maria's, where a birthday party was taking place.  I'd only met the birthday girl once, but this particular group of folks is always so welcoming.  I had some dinner and birthday cake AND got to hold a particularly cute baby. 

Then back home.  Eleven hours after I had left.  I confess to being a bit disappointed that the kitchen wasn't clean.

I brought all of my stuff in from the car (Steve was already asleep, in anticipation of the night shift), and I dropped a crate on my bare toe.

Wahhh!  It hurt like the dickens.  Hmmm, just looked a this picture--ignore the hairs on my big toe. 

I was in bed by 9:30pm, and unheard of thing round these parts.  And blissfully slept until 7:30 this morning, when Steve got into bed after work.  I decided to tackle the dishes that had sat all night.  I should have taken a before picture. LOL

The kids came in to help me, without me even asking!  I had Eli take everything off of the counter (except for my Kitchen Aid mixer, which is too heavy to move)--doesn't it look like I have a lot of counter space? :)

Well, okay, it doesn't, but it FEELS like a lot when there's nothing there.  I rearranged a few things and put it all back.

At least it's clean, right?

Then we had church, then home, then a trip to CVS, now blogging, and in a minute, I'm going to sit and soak my poor toe.  And RELAX.  In between doing 5 loads of laundry. And getting the kids to bed.  And getting Steve ready for work.  And tomorrow is Monday. Sigh.