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Welcome Back BBQ

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Last year when our school PAC put on the Welcome Back BBQ we were all new members of the PAC and didn't have a clue what we were doing. Not so this year. We were amazing! Last year we fed about 565 people--this year the number was closer to exceeding 800! Oh yeah!! This year we rocked. The whole event ran like a well oiled machine. Jilly Billy ran the BBQ pit with Hubby, Rob, Keary and Jilly Billy's mom. The BBQ crew started cooking burgers, hot dogs and smokies well in advance of the expected crowd with the result that no one waited more than 3 minutes from the time they opened their bun until a burger was slapped on it! Just to give you a perspective--last year the wait at some points was 2 hours!  We used 2 4 ft grills, 2 regular BBQ's and 'the pig' --that's a lot of fire power! Miss K, Mazz, Jilly Billy and I began the morning at Jilly's store where we sliced tomatoes and lettuce for the condiment tray. After we finished at

Yeah, yeah, I know...it's been awhile....

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Prepare yourself. The shock could potentially be fatal. Yes, it's true--I am going to update my blog. It's been a while, and frankly, I just haven't had enough sarcasm in me to make the effort of typing words on a little screen worthwhile to you nor to me, but today something is different. I have had a splurt of energy. The most I've had in ages. I even came home from work and vacuumed, cleaned the bathroom and did two loads of laundry! Maybe it's because I ate meat. Nah...that can't be it. I've eaten meat twice this week and had only one burst of energy. (quite the vegetarian aren't I?) Don't judge. Anyhooo...since I am so far behind, I am going to attempt to only partially get caught up. I'm going to spare you most of the details--or else I'll just surreptitiously stick it all in on the next couple of posts and catch you completely unaware...ugh, digressing again...so soon. So, here are some pictures of the first d