Ok, if I do say so myself, we do throw the best party’s! Besides us just being great hosts, (ha ha) I think our party’s are so great because of the people who come. Now we do our part which is paying attention to each and every little detail from the best food, drinks, music (thanks Uncle T), and atmosphere. We always go out of our way to do things like driving across town to get the best maraschino cherries direct from Italy for the Manhattans. I had to run to three separate stores for the desserts as one store just doesn’t have all the good things. But last night, the hit of the evening was the paella.
We set up a party tent in the driveway complete with a heater for Megan who was our chef and then earlier in the day Uncle T and I set up a fire pit that Jagger manned for most of the evening. The combination of the smell from the paella, the crackling and warmth of the fire and the cool temperatures in the teens made for a perfect combination.
Meanwhile the hostess with the mostess (Lori) was inside doing too much as usual. She thinks she’s going Christmas shopping today but I’m keeping her in bed all day. We don’t have any money to buy stuff anyhow n’or do we need it. Of course we’ll get the boys some things and I already bought Lori some gifts but as for me, I’m good. Most people haven’t seen Lori since her surgery so to them she looked too thin, which she is. But I’m working on fattening her up with milkshakes and cookies that will dissolve in her mouth. Now don’t worry as she’ll be ok, they told us her throat could be this way for quite a while so we just need to work through it.
Jagger was dressed up in black slacks and a black shirt and politely took everyones coat when they arrived. Somehow he had a system so when guests were leaving, he knew exactly whose coat belonged to each person. He put their scarves in the sleeve of each coat so they wouldn’t get lost.
Everyone was gone by about 10:30 and I began cleaning up. I finished a while later and managed to get everything done before I went to bed. Now all I have to do is put it all away!
It’s frosty and foggy outside and the three boys (yes Ben spent the night) are upstairs playing their video game. I have a tinge of a headache but not too bad as I really didn’t drink much. Lori didn’t drink anything, she just did too much with her neck. Oh well, today will be a day of leftovers for the boys and I and I’m going to get Lori some Ensure. You old people know what that is I’m sure!
Take care and God Bless, 4 days to go, get ready, Santa’s polishing the sleigh!