Last night was a fun filled evening with a bunch of great people, great food and of course, great wine. The pulled pork was out of this world but the best part of the evening was everyone that attended were fun good people. The mix was quite diverse which made for a good time. The misses worked hard on making the house festive, and it showed. One of the best compliments was when one lady was leaving, she stopped to tell me what a really nice family I had. The youngest was upstairs for most of the night, except for the occasional raid on the cream puffs downstairs. Meanwhile the oldest was the host du jour. He was so polite and helpful the whole evening. When gusts arrived, he took their coats and during the evening he served various h’or duerves. At the end of the evening, one of the guest who is hosting another wine party this evening for the Board of the American Wine Society, told us to bring him over to help! Then she even tipped him. He is so grown up.
Today the boys have a birthday party at noon and then the day will no doubt be filled with playing inside and out. I need to get started on some Christmas shopping as the stores will soon be packed with last minute shoppers. It’s going to be a lean year, mostly for me, as I’ve instructed the misses not to buy me anything except small stuff. We’ve cut back everywhere but it’s hard not to go kind of overboard on the boys. Don’t get me wrong, they are getting less but still will be pleased. I know Uncle T and Aunt B went all in for them so that’ll help as to them is the collective haul, not what’s from who. Oh yeah, Grandma also went big time for the oldest guys b-day from what I understand. Don’t fret though, one of Grandma’s unspoken talents, even when we were growing up, is to spend exactly the same amount, to the penny, on each kid. Hence, the youngest will make out just fine too.
I cleaned up most of the kitchen this morning but do have another load of wine glasses that need to go in the dishwasher when the first load is done.
Also it’s so good to not be getting on a plane next week, although I just might have to fly down to Texas for a day, we’ll see.
Well, time to run, we have a big day and then the neighborhood progressive party starts with cocktails at our house at 6pm. Then we’ll bag on the rest of the neighborhood jaunt and head downtown to the American Wine Society party I spoke about earlier. The misses just told me Uncle T and Aunt B will watch the kids if we can’t find a sitter. Once again, they come to the rescue. I don’t know how we would have made it through this year without their help. Oh yeah, everyone also commented last night how good Uncle T looks as he’s really been losing some weight. Time to run,
Have a great weekend, take care, and God Bless.