i know st. patrick's day isn't officially until this friday, but the parade in scranton, which hosts the nation's 4th largest st. patty's parade, was yesterday. which is also the busiest, most profitable day for us at the cafe, since the parade goes by our front door. apparently there was supposed to be about 8,000 people in the parade, and tens of thousands of spectators. i heard it was the busiest parade yet in scranton. so all that meant for me was a long tiring week of preparation making dozens and dozens of cookies. i think overall, i must've made about 25-30 dozen. lets just say i don't want to see or make another cookie in my entire life! i was exhausted, but i know the paycheck will be worth it! saturday was a good day. thankfully, this year i didn't have to work during the parade hours, but i did get stuck with the clean up at night! it wasn't that bad. since we were a bit short-staffed, my dad had to work as well, so that was nice to work with him. it was alot slower than we anticipated, and we only saw a couple of drunks (they opened the bars at 7:30 am!!!) so we were able to clean up pretty easily. i'm just glad it's over! this well we are looking forward to a surprise trip out to indiana. well, really only a surprise for dave's mom. she has no idea we're coming! we haven't been there since thanksgiving, so we thought we'd make a long weekend trip. we're going to leave wednesday night, drive all night and hopefully pull in around 6 or 7 in the morning. we kindof like driving through the night. it cuts the time alot and there's just not that much traffic. we'll be back next sunday night. i'll try and get a post on while we're there. hope you have a good week! gotta run...
12 March 2006
st. patrick's day
i know st. patrick's day isn't officially until this friday, but the parade in scranton, which hosts the nation's 4th largest st. patty's parade, was yesterday. which is also the busiest, most profitable day for us at the cafe, since the parade goes by our front door. apparently there was supposed to be about 8,000 people in the parade, and tens of thousands of spectators. i heard it was the busiest parade yet in scranton. so all that meant for me was a long tiring week of preparation making dozens and dozens of cookies. i think overall, i must've made about 25-30 dozen. lets just say i don't want to see or make another cookie in my entire life! i was exhausted, but i know the paycheck will be worth it! saturday was a good day. thankfully, this year i didn't have to work during the parade hours, but i did get stuck with the clean up at night! it wasn't that bad. since we were a bit short-staffed, my dad had to work as well, so that was nice to work with him. it was alot slower than we anticipated, and we only saw a couple of drunks (they opened the bars at 7:30 am!!!) so we were able to clean up pretty easily. i'm just glad it's over! this well we are looking forward to a surprise trip out to indiana. well, really only a surprise for dave's mom. she has no idea we're coming! we haven't been there since thanksgiving, so we thought we'd make a long weekend trip. we're going to leave wednesday night, drive all night and hopefully pull in around 6 or 7 in the morning. we kindof like driving through the night. it cuts the time alot and there's just not that much traffic. we'll be back next sunday night. i'll try and get a post on while we're there. hope you have a good week! gotta run...
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hey la. that sounds like a great plan for the weekend. i bet she'll cry and be thrilled.
let me know how the weekend goes. we would love to meet up with you guys...but can't seem to make it work this weekend. we have a few commitments we can't back out on.
:(BUT, we are definately taking a trip to PA may 8-15th for "vacation." so we'll make it work!! hope you're doing well and fully recovered from st.patty's day. xoxo
Hey Lar, sounds like fun. I went to the parade last year, and gave Northern Lights some business :). It was so good to see you the other week...I will have to stop in again! Have fun in IN!
hey ash, yeah, i'm pretty recovered from sat. monday was a rough day at work...had a horrible night's sleep and just didn't feel so good. but i relaxed yesterday and worked on packing for our trip tonight and feel much better. can't wait to see you guys in may!!! miss you. i'll call you sometime soon...maybe as we're driving tonight. pray for us, we're leaving around 9 pm and hopefully will pull in around 6 or 7 am. love you!
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