I ended up making over 10 dozen buns yesterday. I needed six dozen for The Party, and what with fresh buns for supper, it meant that we'd have nothing left for the house, after I packed everything up. So I made up another 3.5 dozen. We had 38 children at the The Party and around 20 at the older group. That's less than there was last week, but I'm fine with that - we had fewer helpers also. I split up the chili - the two large slow cookers for the older group and the three small slow cookers for The Party. We had no leftovers whatsoever from The Party, but ended up with an entire slow cooker full of chili left over from the older group. They also sent back two dozen of my buns. (I think they also had hot dogs, though - so it wasn't that they were short of food.) So I now have four dozen buns in my freezer as well as an ice cream pail full of chili (such a hardship)! I think we'll have Sloppy Joes for Wednesday supper instead of what I had originally planned. Then I may send homemade buns home with people so that I can have some freezer space.
One of the blessings from The Party that I hadn't anticipated, is that I really am getting to know the kids a little better. I'm able to call them by name (usually the right name), and touch base with this one, or give that one a hug. I have always struggled to know people's names, and that's part of the reason that I try to do the attendance as the children come in, so that I can practice their names. I guess it's working.
Well, I didn't get through everything on my list from yesterday. That's ok - there's still today. Today I drove Bram to where he meets his car pool then came home and went back to bed. (It was on my To Do list, so that's ok.) It felt really good, too. Mind you, before that I still managed to do up the dishes (two large slow cookers that had been full of chili, and left to dry overnight, plus all the serving utensils, etc.), get the garbage taken out (thanks Bram), tidy the kitchen, etc.
Now it's time to work through that list.
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