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Comment by Kathy S McBee on March 18, 2012 at 7:36am

Glad I didn't have 18 people with this stuff hitting! It ended up being 2 women and 3 kids (another 7 didn't make it) and me. Shorty, the cat, is still MIA in the neighborhood; he slipped by a few times yesterday . . . and kept going. We had a relaxed time together, the ladies saved me from a lot of the clean-up, and, even after sending leftovers off, I've got a full slab of ribs here to take me through the week. It was a good day!

Comment by anna l. on March 17, 2012 at 12:48pm

I'm glad to see you are finding humor in the situation.  My Christmas holidays was very much like this.  My hotwater tank flooded the basement the morning I was making Christmas dinner for 18 people.  We have a wood stove in the basement so to help dry out the moisture from the flood we ran the woodstove 24 hours a day.  By New Years that proved a problem because when I loaded it up for the day it started a chimney fire!  If we didnt have a sense of humor we would be lost!!!!  Hang it there, you're right, you're not sunk yet!

 

Comment by Kathy S McBee on March 17, 2012 at 10:18am

OK. Finished the potato salad, managing to cut my thumb along with some green onions. Nothing major; I figured it had to be coming. Sat down for a minute to rest the aching back, at the computer, and Hollister's crooked-neck cat struck for the third time. Got on the desk, right behind the laptop, and wizzed on the side of my printer and a piece of paper. Three times and he's out. Literally. Sent him out the front door (which I never do) but I figure he would have escaped once company got here anyhow.

I'm sure glad I picked up Guiness Extra Stout instead of Buhsmill's Irish whiskey . . . 

Comment by Kathy S McBee on March 17, 2012 at 9:07am

Yup. I knew it. I'm making potato salad. Thank goodness I cooked the eggs and potatoes yesterday. I think the chickens, that laid those eggs, must have had superglue in their feed. I had a heck of a time getting the shells off. I put the eggs (smaller than they started) into the food processor - I put those right in the dressing. The food processor wouldn't start. I tried everything, then thought, 'the heck with it.' Got out a spare food processor and it worked fine. But it wouldn't come apart when I was done. Now I've got 2 dirty food processors. The one I can clean won't work and the one that will work won't clean.

Decided to take a break and started through the dining room. Something looked odd. I discovered that the cat I released from the cabinet decided to wiz on the table.

Comment by Kathy S McBee on March 17, 2012 at 8:10am

Still can't believe that bowl popped like a champagne cork. I've found a replacement bowl - Tupperware this time. It won't break. Of course, my cat was snooping when I pulled it out of the cabinet to wash it. He was only locked up in there a couple minutes . . . .