At last week's party, we amused ourselves with this comparison:
LORI THROWS A DINNER PARTY FOR 15 ON A FRIDAY NIGHT:
Monday: Make menu, grocery list, clean house.
Tuesday: Mow and trim yard, buy pretty flower baskets, clean the house.
Wednesday: Clean the house.
Thursday: Take the afternoon off. Shop for ingredients. Clean the house. Start the chopping and cooking.
Friday: Leave work 2 hours early, get home, beautify myself, clean the house, start more cooking, make friends come early to set up awnings and tables.
Everyone has a great time.
ILAIY THROWS A DINNER PARTY FOR 15 ON A FRIDAY NIGHT:
Friday: Work until 5, go out to the coffee shop and socialize til 6:30.
7:00 guests arrive.
8:00 Open freezer door and think about what to cook tonight.
10:30 Dinner to die for is ready.
Everyone has a great time.
god, i would never be able to do it his way!! mine would be exactly like yours. and come friday, i would be completely exhausted.
ReplyDeletethat's why i'm going super low-key tonight. BYO plus really easy snacks. less stress. yay.
i do still obsess about cleaning the house, though.
Dinner ready to die for at BOTH places!
ReplyDeleteI know you couldn't brag on yourself - so I did!!
Ohh dinner .. you dinner is way way way better than mine ..
ReplyDelete./thanks
ilaiy
I long to be the latter, but unfortunately end up being the first one. Great food, great planning, great party - but the hostess is beat at the beginning, let alone the end.
ReplyDeleteThis should be my New Year's Resolution - if I believed in resolutions.
lol, i'm in ilaiy's camp. when i plan i angst and no one has fun
ReplyDeleteLOL. How true. With the exception that I like to cook, I think you have the perfect comparison of he vs. she. With me, I'd cook and have you clean my mess. ;)
ReplyDeleteYou must have one very clean house.
ReplyDeleteShannon: Yeah, I could learn a few lessons from him...still...I just make myself nuts!
ReplyDeleteMomo: Thanks. Come for Lori-rice.
Ilaiy: You've still kick my butt on the Indian food and pizza! You've perfected your special sauce, and could make millions.
MK: Yah, there's something to be said for his way, though if forced to do it, I'd probably self-combust from stress.
Lime: I'll work on it...come for lunch today, and I'll wait til you get here before I pull out the PBJ.
Just some guy: HA! In your dreams. [Ok, I'll admit it would probably eventually drive me nuts and I'd get up and do your damned dishes].
Dogbait: You'd THINK, wouldn't you? It's actually not, all that cleaning's more a result of letting it go too long the week before. Bad time management. :-)
I WISH I could be an "Ilaiy". Sadly, I'm just like you, Lori.
ReplyDeleteBut did YOU have a great time? (I ASSUMED that the word "everyone" included YOU?)
;-)
Janet
(lordcelery.blogspot.com)
The part I did see in common - Everyone has a great time!
ReplyDeleteA lot of could learn just from that part
Laurie: Sigh. Yes.
ReplyDeleteJanet: I had a blast!
Barry: Yes, different roads to the same destination. :-)
My list for a get2gether would be exactly like yours..only I'd add clean the house like 3 more times...and bite fingernails effusively...By saturday evening...I'd probably go into cardiac arrest.
ReplyDeleteNot many can pull off the Ilaiy method. But wouldn't it be nice?
ReplyDeleteI'm more like you. With a little less house cleaning. I make up for it with a little extra obsession over the shopping and flowers.
So glad both parties were a blast!