Today I took the day off from work to start preparing for tonight’s Pre-Thanksgiving dinner party. I spent most of the morning putting together a play list of music for the party and cleaning. Amy texted me to see if I was going to be home this afternoon so she could drop off her chairs. I was home all day, so she stopped by later in the afternoon and dropped off her chairs (thank you Amy) and a couple of pies for tonight. After she left, I continued my big clean up job. There were so many things I had to move around and rearrange the house, like the couches, chairs, tables, stools, random things around the house that needed to be moved, etc. I was thinking about moving the TV and entertainment center, but I decided against it because it was too much work to disconnect so many wires and then later reconnecting them. After cleaning and rearranging, I had to go shopping for the party supplies and pick up turkey from Wegmans. The turkey I got was cooked on the inside, but it wasn’t browned on the outside. By the time I got home, food was going to be served in an hour and a half, but the turkey need to be cooked in two hours.
Around 6:30pm, a bunch of my work friends arrived first. Usually people start coming over after 7pm, but a steady stream of people came around 7pm. By 7:30pm, lots of people were already over and all of the food was ready, except for turkey. I didn’t want people to wait to eat, so we just started eating. Eventually I took the turkey out and people were able to get a second plate with some turkey. There was so much food, that people who came late to the party were still able to eat and try everything.
People slowly filed out around 11pm and were all gone by 1am. Thank you to those that helped in the cleanup. It made it a lot easier and I was able to clean everything, except for vacuuming and putting back the furniture. Thank you for everyone that was able to make it this year. It wouldn’t Pre-Thanksgiving without you guys. I’m thankful to have good friends, old and new and hope to keep this tradition going.
Today I took the day off from work to start preparing for tonight’s Pre-Thanksgiving dinner party. I spent most of the morning putting together a play list of music for the party and cleaning. Amy texted me to see if I was going to be home this afternoon so she could drop off her chairs. I was home all day, so she stopped by later in the afternoon and dropped off her chairs (thank you Amy) and a couple of pies for tonight. After she left, I continued my big clean up job. There were so many things I had to move around and rearrange the house, like the couches, chairs, tables, stools, random things around the house that needed to be moved, etc. I was thinking about moving the TV and entertainment center, but I decided against it because it was too much work to disconnect so many wires and then later reconnecting them. After cleaning and rearranging, I had to go shopping for the party supplies and pick up turkey from Wegmans. The turkey I got was cooked on the inside, but it wasn’t browned on the outside. By the time I got home, food was going to be served in an hour and a half, but the turkey need to be cooked in two hours.
Around 6:30pm, a bunch of my work friends arrived first. Usually people start coming over after 7pm, but a steady stream of people came around 7pm. By 7:30pm, lots of people were already over and all of the food was ready, except for turkey. I didn’t want people to wait to eat, so we just started eating. Eventually I took the turkey out and people were able to get a second plate with some turkey. There was so much food, that people who came late to the party were still able to eat and try everything.
People slowly filed out around 11pm and were all gone by 1am. Thank you to those that helped in the cleanup. It made it a lot easier and I was able to clean everything, except for vacuuming and putting back the furniture. Thank you for everyone that was able to make it this year. It wouldn’t Pre-Thanksgiving without you guys. I’m thankful to have good friends, old and new and hope to keep this tradition going.
