last night the party was…actually kind of fun.  i didn’t feel utterly wiped out by one a.m. when the last guests finally left.  and i owe a huge part of this to my AWESOME FRIEND BEV.

i had asked her to “help out” during the party with replenishing food.  last year i couldn’t even get from the fridge to the food table and felt harried and stressed out and by the end i thought WHY WOULD I EVER WANT TO DO THIS AGAIN?

bev did ALL of it, and she didn’t even seem to mind.  she has told me before that she enjoys hosting parties.

she even started washing dishes last night before she left.  she dragged john to the party with her, and i made him light all the candles inside and out of the house, and there were lots and lots of candles.   he did an excellent job, and luckily i told him about the candle lights that are little electric lights even though they look like candles.  i told him this right after he’d tried to light one.  luckily nothing caught fire and the really funny thing is that the light still worked even though it was a little smoldered on top.

this morning it’s sunny and warm and promises to be a fabulous weekend and i have no party to get ready for now!  although kevin and finished most of the cleaning and now the floors are spotless and we have quite a bit of food left over and could have another party tonight with no effort.

i took a bunch of pictures of the place this morning, and took lots of photos last night, and the camera is charging now and soon i’ll start posting them.

or i might wait till tomorrow.

it seems much too beautiful to be sitting here inside.

ok then,

saturday grace.