I rarely have people over to my apartment. It is my space. In fact, it has been nearly a year since I hosted a small party in my place - and that did not go so well. A very great part of the reason I DON'T entertain is that I have to clean. - Quite frankly there is more to do in life than make sure the dog hair is off of the floor. So imagine my surprise when I invited some friends over for wine and tapas on Saturday. As the words were leaving my mouth, my internal monologe was screaming: NOOOooo... DON'Tttt... YOU'LLlll...HAVEeee...TOoo...CLEANnnn!!!!
So last evening I started the process of craming everything I own into my closet cleaning, and spent two hours putting everything away- AND THEN re-arranging the furniture. I moved my couches around, and I must say it makes my apartment seem SO much bigger. -And that means more space for Jack to run around, which in turn means more dog hair on the floor and more sweeping/vaccuming/mopping for me. I have to say though, it is realy quite nice to have the house looking like a house, and not some craft shop that was hit by a tornado.
At any rate, I am having six people over, five bottles of wine and one bottle of Martinelli's (Sparkilng Apple Cider - yum!) and six dishes. plus desert! I will let y'all know what we are having ...