Sunday 5/13, I woke up a little before 9 and spent an hour finishing up the kitchen and taking down the decorations and was back in bed by 10. I pretty much didn’t get up for the rest of the day…except to eat trifle. Which I had three helpings of throughout the day. I talked to Mom, Dad, Eliso, Court and Susan three times. I watched about 9 episodes of OC and took a nap. I felt terribly guilty for wasting an entire day. I went to bed after 11 and was totally out.

Saturday 5/12, I woke up a little after 7, got dressed and headed out to Lowe's, picked up the paint brush and returned home to bust ass. I did all my touching up and it looked pretty good then it was onto cleaning the floors. First I swept then got down on hands and knees and scrubbed the entire floor with this heavy duty scrubber, then went back over it with a rag to soak up excess water and for a final once over. Then to the task of the entry stairs, which I first swept then continued with the scrubber. As I was in my underwear scrubbing the stairs with the front door open Kay-See arrived and just laughed at my ass greeting her first thing in the morning. I finished that up then we set out for Whole Foods and constructed our shopping list in the car. It took us a while to do the shopping but we got almost everything and $150 later we were on our way back to start prepping. I was in charge of the cake while Kay-See started slicing and dicing veggies and potatoes. We cooked and baked ALL DAY. We did take a break at one point so I could show her where I work and we could watch JT on SNL ("Oh you bite that lip!"). On the way back we stopped at Albertsons for a few extra items and I commented that Dustin probably wouldn't be there because I think he's only doing student teaching now, but sure as shit as we walked in he was standing at one of the registers and I say to Kay-See "Oh, he IS working" very definitely so I'm sure he could read my lips, so I waved and he waved back. We did our shopping and I said hi to him because we were in a different lane and said bye to him then we set off. We continued cooking and taking pictures. On our menu was garlic rubbed chicken breasts stuffed with gouda, proscuitto and rosemary soaked in a white wine and olive oil marinade. Then were Kay-See's famous roasted potatoes baked with balsamic, olive oil and rosemary. For vegetables we pan fried zucchini, squash and yellow and purple pearl onions with a little olive oil and salt. Lastly were two quiches / frittatas: the first was tomato, zucchini, onion and parmesan, the second was mushroom, caramelized onion and swiss. For dessert we constructed a trifle with chocolate cake, chocolate pudding, homemade whipped cream and toffee served with strawberries on the side. We finally got to a good stopping place and started decorating but had a mini crisis as Kay-See thought we were missing a booklet but thankfully found it. Chrystol called and said that Schuyler's costume was "Tight and fabulous and you're going to love it" to which I squealed and did a little dance. Kay-See and I got ready and were still doing stuff as Susan showed up with the wine. As other guests started arriving I constructed the cheese plate (Cowgirl Creamery Mt. Tam, a sheep / goat / cow milk trifecta, a mild but delicious blue, a mild triple cream brie Kay-See suggested and lastly the Flagship cheese) with pears, apples, grapes, roasted red and yellow peppers and two kinds of baguette. It was sooo good, and probably my favorite of all the food. I told Chris how good the blue was and he devoured it. Like all of it. Neil got me beautiful purple and yellow tulips, I never get flowers from boys! Especially hot boys! We decided to start the game and I continued doing stuff in the kitchen as things got going and soon it was ready, everyone dished up and continued. When everyone was done I started clearing the table and Neil jumped up to help and I told him to go sit back down and have fun and he was like "You're not pissed?" and I was like "Of course I'm not pissed, don't be silly!" I set up the dessert to be enjoyed as they played the final round and I think everyone got a kick out of the cake topper. The killer ended up being Hannibal...I think. It wasn't really clear. Or maybe Madame Garlique. Everyone had a good time and one of my favorite things was when Chris was burst out singing a show tune at a totally random moment and make everyone laugh. Since I did most of the cleanup while everyone was playing there wasn't much to do except wrap stuff up for people to take home because there was so much food left over. An entire trifle wasn't touched...the big one at that. Neil kept eating the onions which was so cute so I wrapped the rest of them up for him with some veggies. Everyone made their way out with Susan and Kay-See being the last ones. J escaped as Susan and I were talking so I got his food and lured him back toward the door where Susan snatched him up! I think Susan as a blonde also lured him over, caliente!

Friday 5/11, I got home from work and admired the tile and grout work, but did not admire that Dale took my only paint brush...he must've thought it belonged to him. This upset me. I did some cleaning then went over to Mom's to pick up extra plates, chairs and a huge dish for the monster cheese plate we were going to construct. I sat there forever, avoiding going home and cleaning, and eventually left right before 10. Called Susan who informed me that Lowe's was closed so I wasn't going to be able to get my paint brush until the morning. I think I ended up going to bed fairly early in anticipation of prep work and the murder mystery party.