the storm before the calm

so it's been busy crazy stressful challenging here for the last few weeks.  i am finishing up the last of the mother/daughter tea stuff.  and the list is long.  lots of printing and gluing and finishing up the seating chart.  it's like a wedding but imagine that there are 10 "drunkels" that no one wants to sit next to, but you still have to find them a seat without offending them.  it's a difficult task.  but it's getting done.

so this morning after i drop sofia off at school i will head over to cha with my crockpot full of bbq chicken for the teacher appreciation luncheon.  i love cooking for the teachers and making a big luncheon as a way of saying "thank you" for all that they do.  it is a picnic lunch with bbq sandwiches, salad and lots of desserts.  after that i pick sofia and the boys from school then i come home to finish the flowers for the booth that sue will be handling tomorrow.

i think we have a cute set up.  it's appropriately called, "lucy and ethel's".  she is selling aprons and knitted caps and pin cushions.  i have the hairclips and a friend of mine made chocolate covered oreos. we will have a vintage feel to the booth.  let's see how we do at the fair.

then tonight i go back to school to decorate the area for the tea.  i'll bring all of the supplies that we've been putting together and some wine and we'll make a party out of it.

tomorrow we have andrew's game and then i'm off to school at 9:30 for set up.  the tea will be all day pretty much.  at 7pm we have tickets, luxury suite tickets, to the dodger game. my friend who gave us the most excellent tickets last year, invited us to join her family in their luxury suite.  five tickets, free parking, food galore and oh yeah the dodgers, who are not on my good side right now.

sunday, my other friend marisol and i are going to the pasadena showcase house  i have always wanted to go to this and now i will.  we will eat lunch there and then head home because we have to go to the preschool spring picnic.  we go to this every year.  the kids love all of the fun activities and i love the gift baskets.  they put together some amazing items.  we'll see what i come home with this time.

and that is the weekend.  next week will be a little calmer, although the last big school event is on friday.  our eco festival, and yes i am on that committee too.  but there is not a whole lot to do, at least for me.  i made the order form and am organizing the parents for our booth, and bringing the breakfast and setting up the pto booth, ok that is alot.

my other task will be getting andrew ready for his first communion on saturday.  i need to get him a suit, order food for the brunch and get the house organized.  we will celebrate his birthday and watch him play baseball that day too. 

maybe the calm isn't really that calm.   but it will be exciting.