Happy holidays! We are having a party! There are twenty-six teenagers in my living room! I'm hiding with the dogs, between sniffing for pot and picking up dirty plates. We are two hours in, and no one is crying, so I think that is Level: Expert.
Menu:
~Appetizers~
Chips and dips
Veggie platter
~Drinks~
Bottled water
Sodas, lemonade, iced tea
Ice
~Dinner~
Baked Potato Bar
-Potatoes
-Cheese, chives, sour cream, butter, salt and pepper, hot sauce
Vegan Mac and Cheese
Tossed Salad
~Hot Chocolate Bar~
Hot Chocolate (in the crockpot)
-marshmallows (regular and rainbow), sprinkles, chocolate chips, whipped cream, cinnamon, cocopuffs, etc.
~Cookies~
Guests brought cookies! A LOT of cookies!
~Extras~
paper plates and plastic silverware, napkins (christmas themed)
a LOT of christmas themed mugs for the Hot Chocolate Bar
Music:
~rock and roll christmas music streaming on Youtube~
Party Activity
~Cards Against Humanity
~Quiplash
~Mafia
To Do:
A Day or Two Before
1, Clean house. If you are me, that's the largest, most annoying part.
2. Shop for supplies. We spent about $100 at Walmart
3.Figure out where people can park, if necessary
4. Put away breakables or valuables
The Day Before
1. Threaten everyone to keep the house clean.
2. Find your serving dishes that you rarely use, and wash them.
3. Set up spots for drinks and ice, for cookies, for hot chocolate bar, for potato bar
-spread them out to encourage people to mingle
-put the dishes in the right spots so that you make sure you have enough bowls and platters, etc
4. Clean the bathroom again. Put out extra toilet paper, clean towels, empty the garbage can
5. Make a sign so people can find your house
6. Find a place to put people's coats
The Day Of The Party
1. Bake the potatoes and leave them in a warm oven
2. Set up the Hot Chocolate and Potato Bars
3. Set up drinks and appetizers
4.Make salad and mac and cheese
5. Take the dogs for a long romp so they will be tired, then put them in an upstairs bedroom
6. Get dressed.
7. Party!
Happy Holidays, everyone!
Love and light,
Your friend,
Hil
WOW. Just, WOW.
ReplyDeleteThis is Kat, by the way. I don't think I'm completely unknown...
DeleteHoly moley, that's amazing. Worthy of combat pay, and amazing. We didn't do many parties in our world, and I cannot fathom 26 teens in my house simultaneously. We have had 10 or 12 and I was going nuts.
ReplyDeleteHopefully once the deed's over and done, the cleanup crew is equally excited about helping with THAT part, too.
You are utterly amazing. I don't know how you do it.