me, the dork...

I love to be a hostess! I love to have people over to our home and make it super duper clean and cook a good meal. I love having dinner parties...I just love having people over. Then, I read the blog of a friend of a friend and she just might take the cake on the queen of all hostess'...it makes me look like a big ole dork. Here is a clip from how she likes to treat her out of town guests...no joke.

i wash the linens for the extra comfy and soft guest bed in a little lemon verbena linen water,and put a big bouquet of flowers in a vase on the antique highboy dresser next to the bed.and a smaller bouquet in the bathroom next to the sink.
i empty out two dresser drawers and fill half of the closet with empty hangers.i pull out the extra fluffy, white towels that are reserved for guests only.
i have unopened toothbrushes, toothpaste, floss, listerine and even a little thing of q-tips in case you forget yours.
i bake chocolate chip cookies or a cake.
i order your favorite dvds or books i think you might like.
i try to find out what your favorite foods or meals are and i grocery shop and plan accordingly.
i go over my tried and true list of tourist attractions and seattle must-sees that i think you would enjoy, including restaurants and cafes that are unique to seattle.
if i take you out to eat, it's almost always my treat, unless you physically restrain me from giving the waiter my credit card.
i almost always make my waffles one morning.
another morning i might make my apple puffed pancake.
this time i made a yummy pot pie on a night we just wanted to stay in and relax.
when you leave for a walk or to grab something at the grocery store, i sneak into your room and bathroom and freshen your flowers and polish the mirror and countertop.

Ummmm....when should i come over??
This is for real folks!! She is not saying how she would like to be when company is over- this is what she really does! I may be wrong, but i am pretty sure that that is God's 2007 version of the Proverbs 31 woman!

This is the beautiful cake that Eric made me for my birthday...chocolate with barvarian cream filling...from scratch! Read it and weap ladies. (p.s. don't you like Eric's latest hair-do, the hawk? I think it suits him and he looks hot)

This is the poor little cake after we had at it...mmm.....

This is "the group". They are our nearest and dearest friends that we do everything with. We celebrated 3 bday's that night, ate delicious food, drank delicious drinks and had a fabulous time. Love you guys! (actualy, my "delicious food" was a french dip sandwhich that was a little meaty tasting and my "delicious drink" was just Dr. Pepper...but still) Happy birthday to me.

jambalya...

you better watch this...http://www.2cme.cc/real/index.asp?video=9694