Sat was all about the parties:
Party #1: Mark's birthday breakfast, 9am-12noon
Spouse & I were up by 7am getting ready for my birthday breakfast party. We'd done most of the prep on Fri night, but needed to bake the sausage/egg/cheese casseroles and the french toast casseroles, pick up the bagels and scones from Surf Bagel, and put on the finishing touches. We had 14 for breakfast and had a terrific time! This really made up for my horrible day on my actual birthday.
Party #2: George & Steve's Tree Trimming, 1-4pm
They were the 1st people we met after moving to DE. Through their annual tree trimming party where everyone helps unpack and hang all their ornaments on their 2 trees we met several of the folks who are now our friends, too. They've been together nearly 30 years so they've collected a LOT of ornaments. Afterward there's food, drinks, and conversations; always a good time.
Party #3: Jason's birthday dinner, 6:30-11pm
Jason's birthday was 2 days after mine but his partner Chris arranged a birthday dinner on Sat at their home. The food was great and the friends we visited with were among our favorites. Kevin brought a home made chocolate chunk cake with chocolate icing that was practically orgasmic. We hated to leave at 9:30 but we still had another party to attend.
Party #4: Craig & Mike's Holiday Open House, 7-11pm
We arrived at about 9:30 and stayed about an hour. We could really feel our long day catching up with us, but it was nice of Craig & Mike to invite us. Since we'd been eating all day we didn't have any room left to sample their goodies, but you know I always have room for a pomegranate martini! Craig & Mike had 7 (yes, 7) theme-decorated Christmas trees in their house! We thought it might be because they have an 8 year old son who loves Christmas, but they confessed it was really all for them!
It was a really FUN day, but us old-timers were absolutely beat when we got home at 11pm.
Sun we slept in since we had no plans for the day, and because it was raining and very windy outside. We pretty much decided early on that we weren't leaving the house so neither of us got dressed. We stayed in our comfy flannel pj pants the entire day, which I consider to be one of life's under-rated luxuries. We snacked on left-overs from Saturday's breakfast.
We watched TV for a while, we spent a little time on the computer, I unloaded the dishwasher (from Saturday's breakfast) and then loaded it with the casserole dishes and coffee pots, wiped down the counters, then put on some Christmas music and finished writing/addressing/sealing/stamping the other 1/2 of our holiday cards. Spouse helped me with the last batch of cards. Then we ordered delivery pizza and ate it while watching 60 Minutes. Then I went upstairs to watch "White Christmas" (I love that movie) while Spouse watched crap. He later joined me for the last 1/3 of "White Christmas" and wished he would have watched the whole thing.
So Sun we never got dressed, never left the house, and didn't cook a thing. It was divine.
Crush du Jour: JC Vazquez
6 comments:
From one extreme to the other! I think your Sunday DOES sound divine. Speaking of divine...any time you need help with JC let me know. I could just lick his chest for days. Oops! TMI??
I love Sundays like that!
Those are the best Sundays. No going out. No fuss.
when behrmark is finished with the crush, I'll take him! woof!
I did the same thing on sunday...didn't shower or get dressed, didn't go out (too cold & rainy), didn't cook anything fancy. I DID drink and knit and watch old movies though!
I have those feast/famine weekends sometimes. All that activity makes a lazy Sunday even better! Sounds like a good weekend all around.
Indeed, days like your Sunday are divine. I try to keep Sundays sacrosanct. In my words, sacrosanct means MAYBE I'll wake up early enough to hit the UU services at Bell St., hang out for 30 or 40 minutes after service and eat pastry and drink some juice.
Then it's home for a leisurely day.
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