At about 7:15 I was thinking I would be writing a post called "I hosted book club but nobody came." I knew that attendance was going to be low, but since it was supposed to start at 7, I was getting worried that I would be the first hostess to have no club members turn up! I ended up with 5 of the 18 members here. We discussed the book "The Light Between Two Oceans" which was a tragic story but very worthy of discussion. Beautifully written, too.
I tried to keep my food options light and easy - just
Tom and I cleaned the house on the weekend - he helped by waxing the laminate floors which turned out great. I finally made my finished needlepoint into a pillow. That's the nice thing about entertaining - it stimulates housekeeping!
Book Club hosting done for the year, a clean house and a long weekend coming up! A nice end to the summer.
4 comments:
The bombe is da bomb!
I hate when nobody comes! (With apologies to those who do come, who are very welcome somebodies, of course). We recently gave a wedding shower and only a few old aunts appeared; I felt so sad for the bride. At least the house gets cleaned and there are yummy leftovers and wine.
How about a picture of that needlepoint pillow? The cat asked me to ask you.
The bombe is beautiful -- and I agree, we need picture proof of the needlepoint pillow. :)
RSVP has lost its meaning for too many people. *sigh*
I am going to make that for my book group in a couple of weeks--it looks delicious.
We do appetizer potluck and good quality (Trader Joe's) goodies are a fine contribution. Most of us have full-time jobs nowadays.
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