Final preparations

Friday We had our 2nd Terminex treatment on our current contract.  We had a new technician that was younger than our former one.  He was much younger and did an adequate job including putting glue boards under the house to catch probable mice.  We went to the rec center for Evelyn to attend Zumba gold.  I worked out on a few machines until she was finished.  After that we went on into town to buy our final items for the German dinner and returned home for lunch.  I put some of our plant pots under the house and brought some sodas out.  We left home to go to usher at the HART, so we just bought a drink and waited until our job began at 6:40.  The play was Avenue Q, an adult version of Sesame Street.  We had heard that it was definitely “adult”, so we had decided prior to our arrival that we would not stay.  The local state representative was in attendance, and I plan to ask him if that sort of play should play in Haywood County when I see him next.  We came home but stopped at the CVS on the way.   I sold my final German dinner ticket to one of the managers and agreed to deliver it on Sunday. 

Saturday we met others at the church to help set up the basement for the dinner tomorrow.  I helped with the heavy lifting and erected the signs we had agreed to make.  We have heavy buckets in which to put stakes to hold the signs.  I had to attach pieces of cardboard to each one to prevent the wind from moving them.  It seemed to work a bit.  We also set up an area outdoors with tables and chairs.  If the weather is nice, people like to eat outdoors.  One of the women has many plastic decorations to reflect the season, and Evelyn helped place them on the tables we had covered with the same “butcher’s paper” that we had used for the signs.  We have some very flimsy plastic sheets to use as table coverings outdoors on the round tables that seat 8.  Since one of the meats is bratwurst, I helped to wheel the barbecue grills to the cooking area.  I may have some pictures to post later.  We were finished shortly afternoon and returned home, although we were not the last to leave.  I think some may have stayed until 3 or 4.  I watched some football games in the afternoon.  Purdue didn’t play, making me barely interested in the other games.  I did watch more of the Big 10 games than any others.  The weather here has been unseasonably warm but should change next week.  I also had to slice our portions of the sauerbraten that Evelyn had been marinating for 3 days and cooking all day yesterday.  The entire house really smelled German with the aroma of the vinegar that makes the meat sour.  I am progressing in my chopping and slicing skills and hope to become a butcher when I grow up.  We are also responsible for the social hour after church tomorrow, so there were many small cupcakes to ice during the evening.