Two Parties in Two Days?

What was I thinking? This weekend we hosted (not just attended - that would have been easier!) two parties in two days.

On Saturday night we hosted my work Christmas party. We invited everyone to come and bring either an appetizer or dessert to share (so, no food prep for me!) and a gift for the White Elephant exchange. Also, new this year for the party was an ugly Christmas sweater contest. While I thought I had a sure win with my consignment store find, my co-worker's husband won hands-down. He decorated a green sweatshirt to look like a Christmas tree, complete with presents glued to the bottom. It was great, and I thought he deserved extra points just for wearing it.

On Sunday afternoon, our home was the site of our roommate's graduation party. Granted, we didn't do anything for this party except open the door, but it still added to the hectic-ness of our weekend. However, we were very happy to provide a place for the party! (And truth be told, I'd rather have two parties in one weekend and only deep-clean the house once, than have two parties in two weekends and have double the cleaning.) Unfortunately, because of the weather in Bellingham, most of the planned attendees were unable to make it to the party.

But the real doozie is detailed in the next post...

Roommate

We have a roommate named Marilyn. Mar's husband Chris graduated from WWU in March and got a job right away, but in Mountlake Terrace. It was the job he really wanted, so of course, he took it. The problem was that Marilyn still had two quarters of school left. Chris considered commuting from Bellingham (yuck!). We offered for Marilyn to move in with us until she finishes school in December.

So, Mar lives with us, and Chris lives in their new apartment in Mountlake Terrace. Often, they only see each other on weekends (either at our house, or if Mar can get the weekend off, at their apartment).

Marilyn is a wonderful addition to our household. She and Sophia instantly bonded over YouTube videos of babies laughing and cats playing. Mar and Ernie like to play video games together. And Marilyn and I just like to hang out.