Well Murphy decided to pay us a visit yesterday!
What can go wrong did! It all started out with dh waiting until yesterday to put up the bamboo blinds in the kitchen. I knew that would set us back. It took him 2 hours - hours that could have been used to get ready for the dinner. Before that he was washing the outdoor windows that I didn't do in our side yard! LIke I need that done now.
Then I cut myself - don't know how - didn't feel a thing - just looked down and blood was spurting from my finger. Next, our Tivo went out - we couldn't change the channels. Tivo thought we were changing channels - but the tv stayed on the same channel. In fact, two programs that we had tivo'd weren't. The Tivo stayed on channel 7. Instead of Surreal Life - I had Sunday mass on Tivo!
We spent 20 minutes messing with that. We went into the parental control section thinking that had somehow turned on. We also restarted the tivo - nothing worked. We finally selected the plain old tv switch so we could use the tv remote if we needed to.
Of course dh was late getting ready since he spent so much time on the blinds, tv and windows. So as the guests arrived he had just finished showering. Everyone bolts thru the front door at once - I swear! Except for two of the guests -everyone else got there within 5 minutes of each other. I am left to face the guests, offer drinks, try to finish setting up the drink table (which is dh's job) and finish making my sauce for the ham. Believe me that first 15 minutes can make or break a party & I just felt like I was getting further behind. He came strolling out 15 minutes after everyone was there. GRRRR!
Then right before the food is ready we lost a circuit. We couldn't use the microwave in the kitchen, no lights in the diningroom & no electric at all in our office which is adjacent to the diningroom. Dh flipped the circuit & no electric. Then he spent about 15 minutes working on that while I was trying to figure out with our guests how to slice a spiral ham.
After that Murphy left & things improved. I'd made a ham sauce recipe that included crushed pinapple, apricot preserves, horseradish etc. It made a huge serving. Since I was in a hurry I put it in a big serving dish & let everyone know what it was & that it was spicy. Of course, dh was in and out of the room working on the circuit breaker. When he saw the serving dish he thought it was creamed corn & ladled loads of it on his dish! LMAO!!!!
That just goes to prove that he never listens to me!
People at parties are definately in two camps: the people who must have dessert now! AND the people who want to wait at least one hour. Dh & I are in the second group. Even as some people were still eating their main dish a few people were asking for dessert. So, we set up the desserts, gave everyone a choice of what they wanted to do and we played cards! Most of us played cards but several picked dessert and the golf game on TV. If people would wait an hour they wouldn't get that awful full feeling. I noticed that the people who ate dessert right away all became lethargic.
The very first thing I did today was call an electric company to come over. Happily, one of the repairmen got done with a job ahead of schedule. He came over, flipped the circuit, and it worked!!! Dh was not happy with that one! Anyway it was our fault the circuit went. About 6 months ago we put in a built in microwave. Somehow it was on the same circuit as the diningroom and office. When we had the microwave on, the vent (which is thru the micro), the lights & computer - the circuit overloaded. The electric guy gave it its own circuit. (Thank God it was not on the same circuit as our gas stove. We never lost the stove!!! Phew!! And the micro is right over the stove.)
After dinner was over we mentioned the tivo to dh. He looked at something, moved a switch & it worked. The cat had somehow moved that switch.
Kate, Happy Easter to you, too!
Amy, I'm still not back on track yet but I will be! By Wednesday the candy stuff should all be gone!
Marie, I actually gave out most of the leftovers. Out of sight - out of mind! Unfortunately, we still have too much candy!
I'm reallly thankful he did that - wish he'd just give them away to someone before I come across them accidentally.
We were lost without ya!
The scary part is I was just so out of control. I couldn't reign myself in. Now, I don't want to weigh in tomorrow. Its been like this all darn month! No excuses!
just as long as I don't go there too when I misbehave!
