After months of planning...
Months of running around and begging asking for auction items...
Months of fretting over caterers...
Months of courting Paul Simon...
We had our Hospital Gala last night.
It started at 6:30.
At 5:15, we were put under a tornado warning.
And then?
It rained.
And rained.
And rained.
And then?
The carpets in our tent bubbled up.
And then there were rivers.
Inside the tents.
And then?
Servepro came in and started wet-vacing the entire place.
In between the auction tables and revelers.
And all was well.
And we ate.
And we danced.
And Paul brought down the house.
The end.
30 comments:
Omigosh, Lauren, that must have been quite an experience! I'm glad everything turned out OK. Hope you raised lots of $$$. :)
No party is a true success unless Servpro has to be called in!!
We need pics of you all gussied up:)
It was a wonderful evening.
OMG that is so, so crazy..and Paul Simon...very cool!
Wow, what a story. Sounds like all your hard work paid off. Tornado warnings and torrential downpours tells me there were quite a few urgent, emergency phone calls to Wine One One.
Did you get any shots of Paul?
Does this mean you want to orchestrate the next Blog Fest? Can you get Harry Connick, Jr., by any chance?
I am sure Paul Simon can even make a down pour seem like a Carolina Blue sky with glorious temps...glad it was a wonderful evening.
Yes, want to see you all dressed up!
I like you mama slide show!
Yes, pics. You - gussied up, and pics of Paul
Wow-- you don't do things half-way, do you! Must've been a night to remember and I for one do not mind if you want to upload hundreds of pictures to prove it was :-)
Little rain won't stop you guys! I'm glad all turned out well for you and ya'll had a wonderful time!
What a wonderful!!! Wonderful evening! I am sure you are glad the night is over...so much work goes into planning those types of events.
You are awesome!
xo, Mango
Well laid plans so seldom go as planned. But it sounds as though everything turned out great.
Mama- glad it all worked out! Now I want pics of you kissing Paul on the lips...in the rain!
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impressed, very very impressed. Details and pictures must follow.
If you'd known it would rain you would have courted Prince ... but I am sure Paul was exceptional .. and all for a good cause .. brava to you!!!!!
Groovy!
I'm sorry it rained on your parade, but after most every rain, there is a rainbow!
Fantastic! I am so glad that the evening worked out so well....and Paul...heaven.
Hope you raised a lot of money! Is there somewhere inside that it could have been held? Ok. I'm sure that was a dumb question.
Oh very cool.. I'd love to see photos too. I've met Paul Simon too. Well really it was just his and Art's Old Friends concert about 5 or 6 years ago.. and we were way the hell near the back of the place.. but all was groovy! ;)
So glad it all wet vaced dry and a good time was had by all!!!
So glad it worked out so well.
bravo!!! You are the woman!
This sounds like something out of a movie. I'm glad you had a save.
How wonderful! I'm so glad you had Servepro to save the day. All that hard work!
Congrats! Sounds like an event to remember. :-)
Congratulations Miss Ives! PS must have been great!
A night not soon to be forgotten! I'm glad it turned out successful.
So Great! I was on the edge of my seat to see what happened. Glad it all worked out. I love Paul
I want to see how pretty you looked...last year you looked beautiful......your life sounds so exciting...well except all of your allergies...dadgumit.....so sorry....I couldn't live without diet coke......good luck!
You crack me up. You are such a wonderful person to see all the postive in things. I so love reading your stories and being inspired to not let things get me down. And yet I know you have to have a few down moments, you seem to pick yourself up and move on. So how is the job hunting going? Let me know if you decide to write a book....I want one of the first copies....signed my YOU.!
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