Thank you Karen!

Laura... What you mean dont overdo... Soon as I walked in the door this morning I began doing! And it was steady all day long. Wayne and I clean up my sisters house as much as possible with all the people there. He is a big help with the cleaning, and did a great job scrubbing the bath rooms for us! I was mostly on kitchen duty all day. One good thing is I only smoked about 3 cigs all day! Didnt have time for any more. There were 10 adults and 5 kids there. Talk about noise!!! Oh and the phone ringing non stop! The beautician came over and did Sis's hair. People were stopping by and bringing food and so forth. Oh yeah and one small yapping dog!

After coming by your house earlier tonight to get my clothes you had tried on I had to go home and wash those clothes and Wayne's dress clothes. Oh rats just remembered I havent cleaned his dress shoes!!! Anyhow I had to wash all the serving dishes I was supposed to bring and pack them to so they wouldnt break. Also of course we had to pet all the kitties, feed them and do litter pans! Right now it is almost 1am and I still have a load of clothes to fold. Oh my goodness it sure feels good to sit here but the dryer buzzed so guess I will have to go do that soon.

Btw... Sis's house is 45 miles from my house!

Our schedule for tomorrow: get up about 6am and try to revive with a cup of coffee and feed cat and etc. Wayne has to go fill the car with gas and take it to the car wash. When that is done we have to load up the car with severing dishes and so forth. Also have to bring our clothes so we can change for the wake. We have to go clean my niece's house soon as we get up there, as that is where everyone will go after the funeral Saturday. After that we have to go back to Sis's house and sit with her so her grandaughter can get a nap. She has been spending nights there with her and getting very little sleep and is about to drop. Then we will get Sis and ourselves dressed so that we can go to the wake. The wake is from 4 to 9 pm.

Sunday we have to be at the funeral home for 9am. And when the services and the burial are done we have to hurry to my nieces huge house and starting puting out all the food! And then mass confusion will decend on the place as people start arriving. We are expecting about 30 -40 people to come by. But we will have mountians of food. Gumbo, french bread, salads, veggies trays, fruit trays, sandwiches, sweets, chips & dips, and an assortment of other snacks. And me and another lady will be on "kitchen" duty! Wayne has garbage duty! LOL Hopefully we will get back home at a human hour and fall in the bed. Wayne will probably have to go back on the road on Sunday. I plan to sleep all next week!!!!