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.
The bombe is da bomb!
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteHow 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. :)
ReplyDeleteRSVP 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.
ReplyDeleteWe do appetizer potluck and good quality (Trader Joe's) goodies are a fine contribution. Most of us have full-time jobs nowadays.