Childfree people CAN throw a baby shower! And it can be a darn successful one too!
So, Caroline's shower was a smashing success. The story of this smashing success follows.
I spent yesterday (Friday) cooking and finishing the other stuff. (That may be the last time I cross-stitch a card. But, I digress. When Mr. Samoa got home from work, we went up to Hometown to decorate the church. After we got Mom and Dad dissuaded from "helping", which tended to consist of such things as putting boxes on tables as I was trying to decorate the tables, we got it all done up. We stashed the food in the church refrigerator, and headed back home. Not, however, without a Mom-Ism. It went thus:
Me: I'm going to go put these signs on the doors so that people know where to go.
Mom: Oh, you better wait until tomorrow to do that!
Me: I'd rather do it now, tomorrow will be kind of pressed for time.
Mom: But I'm afraid someone will steal them! This isn't the best neighborhood, you know. [Note: The church is bounded on all four sides by: another church, a funeral home, a gas station, a Green Ship Movers franchise, and a house owned by gay bikers who take Extreme Exception to people messing with the church. To say nothing of, the signs were posterboard and Sharpie.]
Me: Mom. If they are going to steal anything, I think they'll pick something a little more valuable than posterboard. Besides, I have extra, if for some God-unknown reason they do.
Mom: Oh! I guess you're right.
Me: [slams own head in door repeatedly]
Today, we packed up the presents and such, went up, and set out the food. For some reason people started arriving at 12:30 for a 1:00 shower, but oh well. Games went splendidly. We made babies out of Play-Doh, had a diaper relay race, and decorated onesies. We all stuffed our faces, and everyone lived happily ever after. Now, I will be spending tomorrow staring blankly at the wall. :P
Saturday, September 27, 2008
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