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[msmemory_archive]

A long-term project for the year:

Get the house clean/tidy enough to entertain small groups of friends as we used to do.

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[tpau]

that is so our goal too... not sure it will ever happen, i suck at entertaining...

[new-man.livejournal.com]

As part of that small group of friends, I look forward to coming over. I hope that's encouraging. ;-)

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

Indeed. We will still have too much Stuff to have any more 50-person postrevels in this house, but there should be no reason why we can't have holiday or unholiday dinner parties.

[new-man.livejournal.com]

We're gearing up for a party on Feb. 19 (mark your calendar) -- it's mermaidlady's birthday. I figure 6 weeks is enough time to make some inroads into the way the house looks.

[herooftheage.livejournal.com]

If you haven't figured it out already, that's the middle of Boskone.

[new-man.livejournal.com]

Thanks -- but it's when her birthday is.

[herooftheage.livejournal.com]

Certes. Some people care about the day explicitly, and some people don't. While I partially mentioned the conflict against the unlikely possibility that Morwenna was in the latter group, I mostly did it to prompt you to do your invitations early to perhaps snag some people not already comitted to Boskone.

[new-man.livejournal.com]

I poked around the Boskone website. They have this function where you can look and see who's pre-registered. No one I could think of (you, for example) that she might like at the party that are also likely to go to Boskone were registered.

This is no guarantee that they wouldn't rather go to Boskone... but at least they're not committed already

[herooftheage.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I already have a hotel room and am committed to some program. I'll certainly come for a piece of the action, unless we're blizzarded in, but I'm sure I won't be able to stay for as nearly as long as I'd like.

Pair of Pices

[pamelina.livejournal.com]

My birthday is 7 days after hers.

Re: Pair of Pices

[new-man.livejournal.com]

Well, if you're not going to Boskone come and celebrate with your fellow Pisces.

[dagonell.livejournal.com]

Race ya! :)
P.S. We're currently ahead. The downstairs bathroom got cleaned within an inch of it's life over the weekend!

[damascene.livejournal.com]

My technique for that is actually the reverse: I commit to hosting my sewing circle on a particular Sunday afternoon (we usually schedule 2-3 months ahead, which is the only way we manage to align all six calendars), so then I know in advance which weekend I'm aiming for. It's not uncommon for other social events to then be scheduled in the week or so following, since I know the house will be in order...

[(Anonymous)]

This used to be a goal of mine, but these days I've realized that provided you can see the floors and all the really personal things are pushed far out of site, your real friends don't quite care how clean/tidy/messy/dirty your house is.

Happy New Year to you and everyone you love!

-- Anastasia (http://blog.wax-tablet.org)

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I'm still burning inside from the (ex-)friend who let the word get passed back to me (intentionally as far as I could tell) that she would never visit me again because my house was so dirty.

How rich do you feel?

[pamelina.livejournal.com]

Y'know, I hate housework. It gives me no satisfaction. But I love a clean house, and if it gets too messy I can't function. Therefore, I threw money at the problem and hired houscleaners. I have two very nice not-quite-legal women from Brazil who clean my whole house every two weeks for $65 per cleaning. They've been with me for almost a decade.

You're both gainfully employed, do you have any interest in indulging yourselves like I do? I highly recommend it... and I can give you the name of my housecleaners, too, except that you shouldn't use them if you're thinking there's a political career in your future.