Household hints # 63 and 64
When cooking dinner for 20 people, ensure the dishwasher is actually working before you use pretty much every dish, plate, pot, pan, glass, coffee mug etc. in the house.
Also: when going to the trouble of steamcleaning a carpet, determine beforehand whether guests will be bringing a puppy who's still in the piddling stage. Luckily if the carpet has already been ruined by the adult dog currently living in the house, a few more spots won't matter, but still, it helps to be forewarned.
Jaysus. I feel like I've been living in rubber gloves and an apron all weekend - which, if you know me, is about as OOC as it gets. Thank god my father only has a birthday once a year. And thank god for the wine that got me through it all.
Also: when going to the trouble of steamcleaning a carpet, determine beforehand whether guests will be bringing a puppy who's still in the piddling stage. Luckily if the carpet has already been ruined by the adult dog currently living in the house, a few more spots won't matter, but still, it helps to be forewarned.
Jaysus. I feel like I've been living in rubber gloves and an apron all weekend - which, if you know me, is about as OOC as it gets. Thank god my father only has a birthday once a year. And thank god for the wine that got me through it all.