Of course this blog entry is a day late....last night was my Christmas cocktail party! I will say I am pretty proud with how it turned out. I was so exhausted at the end of the night though....I spent pretty much all day yesterday in preparation. I got up early because I had to get the pork out of the crock pot and shred it, so that is what I did first thing. It ended up taking me almost an hour....there was so much fat and I didn't want to lose too much of the good meat so I was being really meticulous about the whole thing. Once that was done I put the meat in the refrigerator, unloaded the dishwasher and called my Mother to get her crab dip recipe. Then I went out to run some errands. I grabbed some coffee, drove to my dogs vet to pick up flea stuff, stopped at the YMCA to get the ice rink schedule, put my pay check in the bank, and then finished the trip with a last visit to the food store.
When I got home it was 2pm and I was really starting to get nervous about whether or not I'd get everything done. The first thing I wanted to do was finish cleaning the spare room which had just got sheet rocked. I vacuumed the entire room, organized the closet and then used floor cleaner to get the dust off the floor which the vacuum couldn't handle. I am so excited that the room is back together....it looks great and once I was done I put hangers in the closet-so now it can officially be used again! I had almost forgotten that before the party I wanted to clean the shower door in the downstairs bathroom as well as the toilet for the guests. The shower downstairs has only been used a couple of times the last few months, but the door still was dirty. It's so hard to clean the door to because it's all glass and there are two sliding parts to it....so it's really difficult to get in all the crevices. Once I was done all that I took a shower and folded the laundry from the day before.
At this point in time it was about 4pm and I was starting to get really nervous about the party. I was also getting scared that people would cancel because the weather channel was really building up a snow storm that would be starting right around 5pm. It was right around 4:30pm when my boyfriend showed up and I started to make the macaroni and cheese. The rest of what happened is pretty much a blur....my boyfriend was getting the cooler ready and I was running around doing a lot of last minute rearranging. He also cut all the cheeses which was really nice, while I set up the chips, pretzels, candy, nuts, and dips. The first guest arrived right around 6:30pm and they seemed to think everything looked great. Everyone, except my one single friend, I had invited showed up, and as far as my boyfriend goes the two couples he invited showed up but the one older couple cancelled because of the weather. It was a really nice time but short, everyone left around 10pm. It gave me enough time to get most of everything cleaned up before midnight. It was actually pretty funny because the weather really didn't amount to anything, when I woke up this morning there was a dusting on the ground.
I only had a couple of drinks during the party myself, because I knew I had to work today, plus I didn't want to be buzzed while I had so much cleaning up to do. All in all I'm very glad we had the party and it seemed like everyone had a good time. One of my friends brought me a house warming/party present which was a nice Christmas tray and a wine stopper-which I desperately needed! Everyone brought something for me which was super nice, I got wine, a couple of desserts, this amazing blue cheese brie dip, and a growler of Sierra Nevada Celebration ale right from a tap! Well, that's it for now!
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