24th September 2018
We were up early to start the big clean-up. Mike and Lesley, our English neighbours pulled up outside as we got into the truck. We then headed in convoy to the venue.
The chairs were the first things to get stacked as we didn’t know when they were getting collected.
The plates, cutlery and glasses were all washed and packed away.
Mike and I broke down the tables and put them away, within a short time, it seemed, everything was in boxes.
There were a lot of flowers, putting them all together was a pleasant surprise. Kelli’s mom(mum) came down to help, although she wanted to make sure that some of the left-over cupcakes found their way into her car. She also took some of the flowers that Kelli had included in the display especially for her.
We all drove back to the house to drop off the first batch. I made some space in the garage to dump the stuff, we didn’t have the strength to carry it into the house.
As we were heading back, we noticed the front tyre on the truck was flat, so we had to change that.
The final trip cleared everything out, loading the pallet display into the back of the truck, almost made me useless as a husband.
We loaded up the spare food and bottles of beer and wine.
As there was so much beer we thought we could return it and get a refund, but no, the laws in Michigan do not allow alcohol to be returned. There is enough to get us to the first anniversary, or make us the most popular couple amongst the alcoholics of Holland.
Kelli set all the flowers in the house, making it look like a funeral home.
” One has to go sometimes”
Another Lifetime to go 