If we ever needed proof that McGroarty events are popular, this weekend provided it.  Torrential rains can't keep this community away from a good party!  With a few pop-up tents and heaters on the veranda, we were good to go.  The Holiday Boutique was as packed as ever.  If you found a parking space in the lot, you were one of the lucky "damp" guests.  The "drenched" guests had to park way down the street and hike their way up the long driveway.  We don't know quite how many people turned up, but there were definitely more than last year.  We sold 380 chili bowls - a new record!

And here I stayed up half the night worried that the storm would keep everyone home.  I should know better.  The people in this community have never been scared to get their feet wet.