[potlatch]

Yeah, I sometimes dread the holidays because I often have 16 people here for 3 and 4 days at a time. I can remember when it was three meals a day with maybe a snack in between, but they seem to be eating and fixing things [other than the planned meals] all day long, lol.

Funny how we clean our houses, decorate and prepare for company only to see it all get ‘messed up’ pretty fast with that many people. I had to get over my compulsiveness for ‘keeping things nice’!

[MEG33]

I can’t do it anymore..I let the kids do it!

[yorkie]

I know what you mean, Potlatch! Like Thanksgiving dinner:

I can spend days baking pies, preparing stuffing, peeling, mashing, basting, chopping, simmering, baking, cooking - to make sure I serve the PERFECT meal.

Ahhhhh! Serve the feast, say the prayer, and.........

In fifteen minutes, everybody is done, and then there is the cyclone left to clean up. (Is it REALLY worth it?)