Yesterday I held an open house for New Year's Day & invited everyone over for cake and hot chocolate. How lovely to hang out and your friends all come over for a visit on the same day; much more relaxing than throwing a party.
Rose did really really well with the guests and only barked and growled a few times; overall I think she enjoyed the company. She got to put her slimy red rubber ball on lots of people.
Heather & Mary came over, and so did JoAnna & Devin, my mother, Jake (Jake came over a lot; I suppose it's part of being 3 and living next door. And wanting more sweets.), Jossie, Nancy, Gavan, Jason (for about 5 seconds while he wolfed down a piece of cake), Jen, Tricia, Linda (but not Bernie because alas, he was ill), Niki & Renata, and, and...I forget who else, but it was really nice seeing everyone.
The cake was All-Occasion Downy Yellow Butter Cake and the frosting Apricot Buttercream, and it tasted so wonderful that I'm afraid to use adjectives lest someone think I am writing porn.
It was also my birthday but I didn't mention that part to people when I invited them. But they figured it out anyway. It's not as if I don't want to get older or anything, I don't mind that at all, and in a lot of ways I welcome and look forward to maturing more and more. I don't know why I didn't tell people. I guess the best oversimplification would be to say that I didn't want it to be a party about me, but more a party about everybody; just hanging out and yakking about whatever & enjoying each other's company.
Plus when you say it's a birthday party, a lot of people feel obligated to bring gifts and I didn't want that vibe. Oh, yeah, speaking of vibe, my mom got me a new vaccuum cleaner!! (it's called the "Vibe," I'm not kidding, I just about laughed myself silly. Works great and at long last my rug is really clean.
