I was delighted when the Steiners (senior) showed up Saturday. Now of course, it meant that there was an instant crowd; they don't travel when it's not a crowd, plus everyone else who came over to see them. On top of that, the Steiners (junior) were having a garage sale on my front lawn; so there was a fair bit of coming and going with that.
All in all, it meant that a lot of my weekend plans got changed. Ruth and I still did our Saturday morning cooking together. We took the Daryl and Kristen's oldest two girls to the farmer's market with us. The crowd didn't arrive until noon - so we fed them and then started on baking. Made pies; apple pies, saskatoon pies; pies mixed with rhubarb; gluten-free pies. Lots of pies. Put them all in the freezer.
Saturday night we had over 30 for supper. I moved it all to the backyard; borrowed Ruth's folding tables (they were already over at my house for the garage sale), and we visited outside. It was very nice. Sunday was much cooler and promising rain so we ate inside; but still nearly 30 people I think (not all the same people). Saturday night we had perogy casserole and borscht and chicken and dumplings. Sunday we had ham and hash brown casserole and three different kinds of salad. Mid Sunday afternoon everyone took off and we had a quiet(er) household again. I had an afternoon nap then I needed to go out and get groceries but unfortunately my van was blocked in by someone's car so I stayed home.
It's nice having all the company; it's great that I didn't need to do all the cooking by myself (thanks Loopie and Ruth); and it's very nice having my home back again. I still need to do a few dishes and a bit more laundry (did three loads this morning and about the same yesterday) - and the liner for my kitchen garbage can seems to have disappeared, but we're almost back to normal now.
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