Party Follow Up and Public Service Announcement

It has been a little while since I have written but, there is a very good explanation. It's not that I don't have anything to say, that never happens. The reason....well, that brings us to the public service announcement. The day before the party, I was using a mandolin to thinly slice potatoes. The safety part didn't work very well when the potatoes were whole so, in the beginning, I wouldn't use it and as the potato got smaller, I would start using it. BIG mistake. I took a big slice off my thumb. OUCH!!!! After an hour of pressure, we were able to bandage it. My DH ended up having to do a lot of work for the party. He is sooooo sweet! Luckily, I had finished making many of the more time consuming things and had most of the cleaning done. You never realize how much you use your thumb until you can't use it. It has now been a week and it is well on it's way to healing although is still pretty painful and part of it has yet to grow a new skin covering.

So, the public announcement is:

WHEN USING A MANDOLIN, USE THE SAFETY PART!!!!!!!

Overall, the party was a hit. The food was good. The hit of the dinner was the creamy herbed potatoes (one of The Pioneer Woman's recipes). It's butter, onion, garlic, cream cheese, heavy cream, half and half, rosemary, parsley, thyme, sage, potatoes, and cheese. It is rich and delicious. I will post the recipe in the next couple of days.