You Gotta Be Flexible!

I usually attend Tuesday morning ladies Bible study at our church and way back in September I signed up to help with the February luncheon which was scheduled for February 1. Since the luncheons are on a Tuesday, that month's hostesses usually get the tables, etc. ready on Monday and my group of hostesses were to meet at 10 January 31st to decorate and make sure everything would be ready bright and early on Tuesday. When all the news stations started talking on Sunday about the weather that was coming beginning on Tuesday, we wondered what to do. Monday morning, it sounded like the rain/sleet/ice/snow would begin later in the morning and class would be over before things got bad. The class coordinator was called and at that time (8:00am Monday) she didn't want to cancel class. Soooo....

We met at 10 Monday and got everything all decorated and just as we were finishing up at 11:30, the class coordinator called and said she was cancelling class for Tuesday after all and would we be available to oversee the luncheon the following week. Hmmmm...

(The picture below was taken Jan. 31st.) We looked at each other, checked schedules, and said yes. Then proceeded to take pictures so we'd remember how everything went and then undecorate the tables. We left the bags that are the centerpieces of the tables intact and stored everything in the "bride's room".

As we all know now, cancelling was the right call because the weather system came in a lot earlier than expected and everything was iced over by the time everyone was waking up. They even closed the church office Tuesday - Thursday and area schools ended up being closed Tuesday - Friday. (And, the weather really put a damper on all the Super Bowl activities for that week leading up to game day.)

So, with the luncheon rescheduled for this week, my group of hostesses met once again this past Monday and redecorated the tables and made sure we would have what we needed for the luncheon the next day. Look at all the balloons in the picture below... out of 36 helium filled mylar balloons, we only lost 6 balloons! They lasted a week and a day!

Yesterday's luncheon went well and after being stuck indoors most of last week, everyone enjoyed being together and able to have a good visit.

And, its a good thing we all enjoyed yesterday since another winter storm barrelled through early this morning and iced everything over again!

~Nancy~