Fall Festival...what has thou' done to me???

Several weeks ago I agreed to chair the games at the Fall Festival. The Fall Festival is THE major fund raiser for the kids school. I have done this twice before and swore to never do it again. However, I have this speech problem. I have trouble pronouncing this one little word. "NO". So when I was called upon I was not able to say that little word, I tried and I tried. I sputtered and stumbled, instead the word that came out was "YES".

So for the last four weeks I have been immersed in planning, organizing and work. Lots and Lots of work. I have been up until 2am every morning this week, followed by another day of constant running. If it were not for the help of the Committee chair, Jessica, I may have very well gone insane. She is one of the moms that I walk with in the mornings, so we were able to bounce ideas and concerns off of one another and keep each other sane.

Anyway, lets take a look at my house on Tuesday night shall we?

Every time I would walk in the doors of the school, I was handed another task.

This project was given to me by Makaylas teacher. Each child donated a toy to make a basket for the auction the night of Fall Festival, and the basket needed to be assembled. Here are a few toys and basket. On another day we will view the end results of this. But for today lets look at my poor house....see the chips? That is part of supper for this night. Oh geez...see that brown thing hanging there? That is a fly strip. Yes...a fly strip. My face is red and hot even admitting that. MA hung that there because flies have been coming in since we have the windows open right now and he was tired of hunting them down. Wow...that is pretty red neck...ha.

My neglected stove, it has not been on for over a week. Instead I am using it as counter space. See the pizza boxes? That was supper. See the groceries that did not make it into the cabinets? See the drinks? Those are part of a game for Fall Festival. Poor poor little empty ice trays and dirty dishes in the sink. Oh and last but not least...the empty paper towel holder, with the paper towels sitting UNDER it? My poor family. They are ready for Fall Festival to be over.

The table. Well, I think the table is under there some where. That is the items needed to make two diaper cakes that we donated to the auction. Again, that little word escapes me.

Oh, and the diapers for the diaper cakes. In my living room floor. Poor house.

The Fall Festival is tonight. As the weekend progresses we will view the results of all this work and conclude the 2008 Fall Festival together.