mission: christmas party part 2

it has taken me four days to get to this blog, what with recovering from the party, working, and getting sick all preventing me from writing, but i finally get to write.

prepping for the party began on friday night, as i made a scrumptious apple toffee cake while watching up. that is one great movie, a little sad, but heart warming all the same. i went to bed around 12:30 a.m. which is two hours past my usual bed time, yet the cake had to be done for the next day.

i woke up the next morning at 6 to the sound and blazing heat of my radiator that is located two feet from my side of the bed. this is not a good situation for me, because i hate being hot while i am sleeping. i have always preferred being cozy inside my bed with a nice cool temperature around me. i even stick my feet out from the covers if i am too hot. my dad does this too, so i must have gotten that from him. anyway, i tried to fall back asleep, but my mind began to reel with all the things i needed to do for the party! this trait i get from my mom. i began making mental lists then forced myself to stop. i couldn't, so i finally got out of bed around 7:30, made coffee and read a bit.

at 9 a.m. i started searching for some serving dishes and knocked a fleet of travel coffee mugs off of our refrigerator, which consequently woke up my poor sleeping husband. good thing i had the coffee going to ease any potential irritation he might have had, but when he moseyed into the kitchen, there was only a look of confusion across his face. "sorry for the noise," i explained to him. he accepted the coffee with delight and we ate our breakfast.

from that point on is a total blur of grocery shopping, cooking, washing dishes, cleaning the apartment, finding decorations, and trying to get myself ready and cute for my company. it was non stop for me the all day! i mostly had to do it by myself because patrick ended up working a bit from home. but i didn't let that ruin my christmas spirit! i sang songs and danced my way through all my party activities. the really fun thing that happened that night was it snowed! the weather had been a drag all day, but flakes began to appear and made it feel a little more like christmas.

when 5:30 rolled around, the supposed start of the party, no one had shown up yet, except for my neighbor who lives across the hall from us. side note: she was such a big help, offering food, drink, help, and dishes if i needed any or all of those things. it was so nice of her! anyway, the snow had slowed down my guests but eventually everyone had made it.

we drank really good wine and everyone loved my menu. my friends said martha stewart had nothing on me, which was probably one of the best compliments i have ever received...so take that martha! after eating and conversing for a while, a white elephant gift exchange took place. there were some really good gifts given, but the best was when my friend michael received a neon green christmas boa with a christmas tree necklace. good thing he has a little girl who adored them right away.

by 9 p.m. the party started slowing down. kids had to be tucked into bed and my friends had to travel far and wide to return to their homes. after all was said and done, it was a beautiful and joyful party. i am thankful for all the wonderful friends i have been blessed with and am glad they could come to my home and start off the holiday season with us.

i think this will be a lovely holiday tradition for years to come!
this is beth signing off.
mission accomplished.

p.s. i wish i had pics of the night, but my camera is still broken. hopefully pictures will return soon.

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