It’s been a rough month. Like everybody else, I am scared, no matter that the Blade says I shouldn’t be. I’ll do what I can with what I have where I am. Enough said!
On Thursday, we had guests from not-quite-one-and-a-half (my grand-daughter Aloisa Daschbach) to just-past ninety five (John’s mother Bunny Ross). We had family and old friends and new friends. We hosted a UT graduate student from Nepal with his wife and their daughter. Fifteen at the table including two in booster seats.
Highlights:
- As our Nepalese guests were vegetarian, we (my SIL Robin contributed lots of side dishes and desserts) managed everything except the turkey, the gravy, and the pumpkin pie without meat or eggs. It was delicious.
- Mama Stamberg’s cranberry relish with horseradish is awesome.
- Bunny insisted throughout the dinner, even to the Nepalese, that Nepal is part of India. She expressed a worry that next year I might invite someone Chinese and she doesn’t know how to use chopsticks.
- The third dishwasher load was finished by 10:30 Thursday evening and everything was put away by noon on Friday.
- Johanna and Aloisa stayed 2 extra days so we got to enjoy grand-parenting. They’re safely back in Chicago this evening.
Since we had hosted a Hillary staffer from July until after the election and a couple of volunteers for the last 2 weeks, it feels really odd to have an empty house. We’re doing the post-guest cleanup and the pre-winter cleanup and getting ready to pack for an exciting trip. More to come on that.