I have a new project! (Because I need something else to do like I need another set of twins.)
We're hosting a Christmas party for about 20 of Greg's employees and their families. So the RSVP list will be higher than 20 but I don't know how high yet. Did I mention this party is in 10 days? 10 days!!!
Between now and Dec 16th, we have 2 soccer games, 2 Brownie activities , 1 GS Leader meeting, 2 hockey practices, 3 hockey games, breakfast with Santa, tickets to the Nutcracker (the local figure skating club), Market Day, 2 chess clubs, and Emily and Ally's birthday. Oh and Greg will be out of town for a few days. There's probably a Boy Scout thing in there too. (Knowing my luck, we're hosting it and I won't know until Greg calls the night before while he's out of town.)
Don't get me wrong, I love party planning. And I usually love parties. It's the whole "party doing" between the planning and the actual party that I have issues with.
The cleaning, ick... The house isn't a complete disaster but I'm going to have to put my scrapbook stuff in the storage room and Greg doesn't think 15 skeins of red, green, and white yarn (for stockings!) on the book shelf count as decorations. They are the right colors! The house could use a good deep clean though, the fingerprints on the walls have fingerprints over them at the moment. The worst part is I need to clean the toy room. *shudders* I think I'll teach the kids how to scrub baseboards.
Actually the funniest part about this party so far is Greg and the decorating (all you knitters, explain to him that yarn can be decorative!). His dad is an interior designer and oh boy, their house is amazing at Christmas time. People have him decorate their houses for the holidays. Luckily Greg can be a bit um, less than motivated to do all that.
So besides hanging out on the roof, I've been writing down Greg's ideas for decorating. And it's good that one of us can add and is concerned that January's menu may only be ramen noodles and bologna. A few examples:
50 feet of garland and 15 red bows for the deck, $60 *scratch*
12 large poinsettias, $120 (I think we've agreed to 6)
Candles, red bows, garland, pine cones, fresh flowers, bathroom accessories, table clothes... $$$ Good thing Michaels, Kohl's, and JoAnn have everything 50% off (although if it's always 50% off, doesn't that just make it the regular price of the item?)
I really shot myself in the foot last week when I told my mother-in-law that we didn't need to decorate much inside the house because we weren't having any guests this Christmas season.
(The food: One of Greg's co-workers is going to help and his work is paying for that (although I wish they'd throw in a maid and offer to pay for Greg's parents to fly out with all their party supplies and know-how)).
If all else fails, at least I have some fabulous shoes to wear.
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