Last of the houseguests leaving in the morning

9 months ago

last modified: 9 months ago

Well, we had a delightful time with these very good friends but I'm looking forward to getting back to "normal". They arrived on Feb 24 and are leaving Mar 5. So one couple for about ten days and the other overlapped for just four days. The ones that stayed longer did go to Charleston for a couple days so that was a nice break. I'm sure I've never had house guests for more than four or five days. Usually at our lake place it was a weekend or maybe a long weekend - three or four days.

These are great friends and pretty easy as far as house guests go but boy, it's a lot of work planning for and feeding people for that long - and we even went out to dinner three times. I'm also a little rusty because lake visitors fell off during Covid and never really returned to the pre-Covid level (part of the reason for selling the place).

I had everything all planned for meals and then the weather didn't cooperate for grilling and I didn't take into account no meat on Friday (and I'm very familiar with Catholic Lenten practices so I should have thought of this) so I had to make a couple mid-stream changes. It all worked out fine and everyone seemed to genuinely like what I had on the menu. I have leftovers and don't plan to cook for at least a week.

The new Bosch dishwasher and induction cooktop were fabulous but the new Moen Arbor faucet at the main sink dwindled to a trickle in the midst of it all - thankfully we have a second sink with a disposal. And the old fridge with door dispenser clogged up and a guest experienced in such matters unclogged it and sent a couple pounds of ice flying across the kitchen floor.

I was constantly on alert for cat box odor with the laundry room litter box location and hoping no one would get up from the sofa with the seat of their black pants covered with white cat hair. The cat with IBD only puked once and he discreetly did it in the living room where we have no furniture so I think no one was the wiser. On a positive note my Thuma bed arrived while the guests were here so we had fun assembling that and being rescued from sleeping on a mattress on the floor.

I'm thrilled friends want to visit and I'm sure this will be the first of many visits from our MN friends who spend winter in MN and our MN friends who spend winter in FL. So I'm making notes from this round for future reference.

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pudgeder
9 months ago
It sounds like you had wonderful time.

I would be exhausted after company for that long!

How did the Thuma bed work out?
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3katz4me
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9 months ago
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@pudgeder - I am exhausted! The bed is great. I’m still waiting for the headboard cushion that is on backorder. DH and friend who assembled it were duly impressed. It looks nice with my MCM bedroom furniture though I have no king size bedding yet other than the sheets.
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Fun2BHere
9 months ago
Wow! That’s a long time to have house guests. I would be exhausted. How great is it that the cats behaved and that things went pretty well. Sometimes, I think the little things that go wrong are the things that make a visit memorable in a good way.
blfenton
9 months ago
I like the furry decorations on the bed. It looks like they have settled in very nicely.
Oakley
9 months ago
last modified: 9 months ago
Loved reading this! Did you have help with cooking and cleaning up? I can imagine you're a great hostess. You deserve a break today, go to McD's. :)

I'm always exhausted the day friends or family arrive for a weekend visit because I'd been scrubbing the house beforehand for days.

My funniest memory and example is when college friends arrived on a Friday afternoon to spend the weekend with us. Around 7pm we drank wine and after my first glass I was sound asleep on the LR floor with my head on a throw pillow. I woke up when they began laughing at me. That's what good friends do. :)
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nicole___
9 months ago
I love the photo of the kitty cats! They think you bought the bed for them! Sounds like you ALL had a good time. You sound well prepared. Yep...always good to get back to a normal routine too...
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OutsidePlaying
9 months ago
Wow, that’s a long stay for houseguests, even good friends! It sounds like you were very prepared though, so it must have been the new home and mattress (just kidding). It’s always to be back to normal when guests leave though.

Love your new bed!
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Kswl
9 months ago
I’m impressed, 3katz, you’ve just moved in and are not fully moved in and you are already hosting mega visits! It’s great you are so well positioned to see your friends who snowbird to and from Florida and so gracious and welcoming of you to keep them so long. 👍👍
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maddielee
9 months ago
Did you run out of things to talk about? Asking only because I can be an excellent hostess (or guest for that matter) for about 4 days. Tops.

Even when we fill the days with activities and food. I need alone and quiet time.

”Safe travels, come back next year, love you!” while quietly doing the happy dance in my head.
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3katz4me
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9 months ago
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@maddielee We had a lot of catching up to do and we’re all pretty good talkers. Plus when you play golf you never run out of golf talk. We did make a concerted effort not to talk about ailments.

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