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Hoo Hoo, Hoo Hoo

That was my owl impression. I have too much time on my hands. Anyone up?

Re: Hoo Hoo, Hoo Hoo

  • Me! Hi Bubble. How goes it?
  • Hey Cew. It goes good. Apart from eating far too much at dinner, but it was so good! How about you?
  • What did you eat? I'm doing well. Just drinking my coffee and trying to become a real human before work this morning.
  • We went out for Japanese, which is my weakness and my one true love.

    What are your plans for the holidays?
  • I love Japanese. It's my favorite kind of food. I could eat it everyday.

    We've had a pretty busy holiday season this year. I've got a family reunion / Christmas party next weekend and went to a couple of parties this weekend. We'll be doing Christmas Eve at my mom's house, Christmas morning at our house, Christmas lunch at mom's and then driving about 3 hours east for Christmas with FI's family. This is our first year squeezing it all in, so it should be interesting.

    What about you?
  • Squeezing it all in as well. Morning will be just us, mid morning with my family and mid afternoon with his. Usually this isn't a problem, because my aunt who usually hosts our xmas and R's parents who host R's side live on the same street, so we don't have to factor in travelling time. However this year new people are hosting and they live at opposite sides of Auckland. Oh well. we had it good for a couple of years!

  • Morning ladies...






    What differentiates an average host and a great host is anticipating unexpressed needs and wants of their guests.  Just because the want/need is not expressed, doesn't mean it wouldn't be appreciated. 
  • Morning Lynda. How are you?
  • Good.

    My parents are here.  It's tough to entertain them. They do not like to do very much down here.

    We did have xmas yesterday.  That was fun.

    Today I'm heading to work for a few hours, then take Dad to get liquor, then we are going to St John for dinner. 

    They leave tomorrow.  I think  DH is happy about that.  My parents are kind of needy when they visit.  DH's family is so different, so he is not use to it.






    What differentiates an average host and a great host is anticipating unexpressed needs and wants of their guests.  Just because the want/need is not expressed, doesn't mean it wouldn't be appreciated. 
  • Oh that sucks. My parents moved back into the country two days ago. They will be staying in a Navy house during the week but want to live with me on the weekends. I may go insane. And I have a friend staying with me and I don't know what to do with her. She doesn't want to do anything, so we do nothing.
  • My parents love to do stuff... Just not in the VI.  If we were anywhere else in the world it would be okay. 

    Well my mom loves to hang out at the pool.  Dad not so much. So there is another conflict.  Yesterday mom just wanted to watch football.  So we did that at the bar.

    Luckily they were only here for a few days and they only come once every 4 years or so.  We should be able to handle that.






    What differentiates an average host and a great host is anticipating unexpressed needs and wants of their guests.  Just because the want/need is not expressed, doesn't mean it wouldn't be appreciated. 
  • Why do they not like to do stuff in the VI? Mind you I would be up for laying by the pool, preferably with a pina colada in hand.

    My parents are great and don't need entertaining or anything but they are very critical. Last time they came over I killed myself cleaning the house. 4 straight days. And all they talked about was how gross my house is and my mum would clean when I went to work. I didn't even try this time, mum is just going to reclean it all anyway!
  • He He,  Dh and I did a good cleaning before they came over. DH even cleaned the windows and kept asking if it was 'mom approved'.

    My mom has OCD. She cleans before her cleaning lady comes.  The forks are prefectly lined up in the drawer.  Do not get me started on her pantry or how to load the dishwasher.  At her home she yells at you if you do not load the dishwasher correction.  Your beds need to be made and she needs to see lines on the carpet when  you vacuume

     So nothing is mom approved , but she is good at not being too critical in my home.  We are in the middle of the family as far as cleaning.  My sister and SIL are the best.  Both are SAHM and clean freaks.  My brother and SIL are the worse.  They are not too far away from being on hoarders (well, not that bad, but it's bad).  We do not have clutter, but it's still dusty sometimes.
    Clutter stresses her out more.

     







    What differentiates an average host and a great host is anticipating unexpressed needs and wants of their guests.  Just because the want/need is not expressed, doesn't mean it wouldn't be appreciated. 
  • My mum is like that too! She broke her leg in 3 places and was laid up so she got a subsidy to get a cleaner and she STILL did the vacuuming and dusting before the cleaner got there! On her crutches. The woman is nuts. The TV remotes have to be lined up in order of height, its crazy. I am on the oppsite end, I like things clean and tidy, but not enought to actually put effort in. I will clean when people come over and make sure the washing gets done but other then that R cleans.
  • We are the same way.   We like things somewhat tide and clean.  but do not get obsesed if it does not happen because we are working or something.

    Okay.. I'm off to work.  We got a new sail today.. So I have to spend the next 4 hours in the hot sun taking of the the old and putting on the new.  It's great we have a new one, no so great putting it on.

    Have a good rest of your night..






    What differentiates an average host and a great host is anticipating unexpressed needs and wants of their guests.  Just because the want/need is not expressed, doesn't mean it wouldn't be appreciated. 
  • Have a good day!
  • And here I thought you were calling my vagina...
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