Sigh of Relief

The day of the party I stuck to a tight schedule so that the hot food would stay hot and the cold food would stay cold.  Everything went in shifts (unfortunately you can’t keep everything cold when your refrigerator is the size of a large cooler).  I chopped everything for salads the night before and put them in baggies stuck wherever they would fit.  After I made the salads and cut the fruit I took all our drinks out to make room.  Two hours before the party I switched the salads and fruit for the drinks.  I cooked all the hamburgers and chicken wings in a frying pan early in the day then heated them in the oven starting a half hour before the party.  I cooked the pigs in a blanket an hour before the party.  I put the cobbler in the oven right before people were scheduled to arrive so that we had cobbler smell and not meat smell in our apartment.  When people arrived I had just finished setting up and had a mouth full of chip and guacamole.  Everyone liked the food and had a great time playing wii…and as always I have a ton of leftovers.