People have been kind enough to ask me how the open house event at Salem's went. I feel like I've been moving from one busy week to the next and haven't found the time to blog about the lovely event.
Truth be told, it went smashingly. There were so many people who visited over the course of the day. Some faces were familiar to me, but the most exciting part of the day were all the new faces I had an opportunity to meet and talk to. I was able to have a few conversations with people whom I've known for awhile in passing but never really had the opportunity to speak with for any length of time. Maybe I'm just starved for grown-up conversation after all my days at home with the girls!
The baked goods went over well. I brought with me four batches of scones, three batches of cookies, 14 loaves of sweet bread, and two batches of cupcakes. All but a dozen cupcakes were sold for charity by the end of the day. I was so pleased.
Adelaide ran down the stairs as I was packing up the car that morning, asking if she could join me for the day. I hesitated, knowing it would be a long day but agreed that she would be a great helper. In the end, she really saved me! She sat with the photographs that were for sale while I dealt with bakery customers. She was a tremendous help.
I was pleased to run across a few folks who purchased a few of the photos for themselves to frame in their homes or even use as postcards and souvenirs of the time in Ethiopia. One woman honored me with the proposal that if I sent her the original file of the photos she planned to print them out at her United Nations office to hang in their conference room. Pretty exciting. I can't wait to go look at the photos displayed.
Helping Salem throw an open house like this was on my list of things to accomplish while I was in Ethiopia. She really didn't end up needing much of my help but I was pleased to have been apart of it.
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so yammy photos
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