I’m still getting over my cold or bronchitis and I think now it’s drifted into the “seasonal allergies” stage. I thought everything would be done “blooming” by now, but somehow I think it will be all summer long.
Saturday is our Tea Party fundraiser for the Preservation Trust organization where I volunteer. Whew. This is the fourth year, but my first. From what I’ve gathered, every year has been a little different, with the first two years at one of the homes in the Trust and last year and this year’s will be at the head of the Trust’s home. It keeps growing in size and this year they added two additional rooms to set up tables bringing the attendance to 95. We had a heck of a time pulling together 95 place settings from the collections and are at the point where we’re filling in missing saucers and knives from our homes!
Since it’s primarily volunteer driven with a few donations, that means women are making and baking 100 to 200 items. I had to make 100 cupcake size cheese cakes. Previously the most I ever made was 30 and the first time was a month ago! Let’s just say, I’ve been short on sleep due to worrying whether they’ll come out ok!
I’m getting settled in to working with a group of women and enjoy their company. But volunteering is hard work while still working almost full time.
I’m hoping for nice weather tomorrow – not to hot, not to cool because there will be 18 women on a screened porch. Wish me luck.
Thoughts From The Passenger Seat 