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By: Tammi

Tammi — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:38:39 +0000

Biggest fear, or REASON for “hesitation” has been: this house has been an “extreme makeover” in the works for several years. What was supposed to take “Two Weeks” (hubby says he’ll never live that one down LOL) has taken five years! But, thank the Lord, we’ve gotten past the “no-kitchen-counters-or cabinets; knocked out walls” phase. The house is big enough to have a special gathering…and thankfully we were able to enjoy our extended families here together at Christmas—which leads me to my FIASCO—Being up on my feet almost non-stop, for several days leading up to Christmas Eve (2009) in order to “provide the most perfect Christmas ambiance and neatly organized buffet in the dining area,” I ended up in the ER! Yep…my back went out..thank the Lord it went out the day AFTER Christmas, when everyone had their tummies full! LOL My husband says, “never again! You ‘over-did’ it!” I say, “Oh please! Give me one more chance!” LOL It was so much fun cooking, cleaning, preparing and especially watching everyone enjoying themselves. HOWEVER, I hope to get my eager hands on a copy of this book soon. Maybe it will help keep me balanced and OUT of the ER this Christmas season! Thanks for the chance!

By: GZ III

GZ III — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:26:01 +0000

Yes, it was I who thought it was a lovely idea to invite the neighbors over for dinner; after all, we had already invited them for wine earlier in the day. Why not dinner to go with it? It was all pretty much as Lisa described above, including the vacuuming and ranting and the visit from the knife saleskid. Once she told me to “just stay in the kitchen and cook,” I was fine, I just kept working. It was amazing watching her accept her fate and calmly sit and listen when there were probably 37 other things she might find to stress about, but couldn’t at that point. In the end, I think we enjoyed our dinner(spicy fish with arugula, beets and green beans from the garden and ice cream with berries from the yard) with two of our many terrific neighbors. It might not be the last time we invite folks over for dinner, but I hope it is the last time we do it under those conditions!