I had a party!
Feb. 23rd, 2020 10:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nosrednaydujMany people came, though not nearly as many as our summer party. One person expressed interest in boating, but since he was not an accomplished boater and wouldn't have been safe alone, it didn't happen. Not as much board gaming as other random activities, but I did get to play several games, some of which were new to me.
I had made the aforementioned ton of food, and many people also brought food, and so now we still have a ton of frozen hors d'oeuvres because I never got them out. We also still have a lot of chips and stuff because people brought chips and cheese and crackers. Half my cheese came out because there were two different cheddars out, and someone mentioned "which is sharper" and so I had to get mine out so we could have a three-way taste-off. And some of my chips came out because I seeded the party with two bowls of chips. Probably more could have been eaten if I'd been paying more attention to refilling bowls. But there was a ton of other food besides chips for people.
I really like huge masses of people singing, especially when some of them can really sing. "Happy Birthday" was beautiful with 30 voices! Way better than just a few people singing, half of whom are off key.
The birthday cake came out a little too late -- because I'd eaten too much for dinner and needed to digest! So some people had to leave before cake. Thus, we have lots leftover. I'll probably bring some leftover desserts to work tomorrow, and the leftover chili can be frozen.
Tomorrow it's going to be my actual birthday so we'll go out to dinner at one of those japanese grill-at-table restaurants, just a few of us. And the temperature will ALSO be 60, so maybe I'll ride my motorcycle to work!
I had made the aforementioned ton of food, and many people also brought food, and so now we still have a ton of frozen hors d'oeuvres because I never got them out. We also still have a lot of chips and stuff because people brought chips and cheese and crackers. Half my cheese came out because there were two different cheddars out, and someone mentioned "which is sharper" and so I had to get mine out so we could have a three-way taste-off. And some of my chips came out because I seeded the party with two bowls of chips. Probably more could have been eaten if I'd been paying more attention to refilling bowls. But there was a ton of other food besides chips for people.
I really like huge masses of people singing, especially when some of them can really sing. "Happy Birthday" was beautiful with 30 voices! Way better than just a few people singing, half of whom are off key.
The birthday cake came out a little too late -- because I'd eaten too much for dinner and needed to digest! So some people had to leave before cake. Thus, we have lots leftover. I'll probably bring some leftover desserts to work tomorrow, and the leftover chili can be frozen.
Tomorrow it's going to be my actual birthday so we'll go out to dinner at one of those japanese grill-at-table restaurants, just a few of us. And the temperature will ALSO be 60, so maybe I'll ride my motorcycle to work!
