Getting Ready for New Year's Parties

I jinxed myself with my last post, because my hunger really spiked yesterday. There was some major grazing happening.

This morning I woke up and it was like I'd had a fill - biiiiig difference in how much I can eat, really uncomfortable if I'm not following the Rules o' the Band. That's a good thing.

Things are busy here, we have two couples and their assorted six kids coming for New Year's Eve, and one of the families is staying overnight with us. Then we're having an open house on New Year's day for friends. I don't actually know how many to expect, because people are so bad about responding to invitations. How hard is it to click yes or no on an evite? Grr. I'm making wild guesses about how much food we'll need. I'm not really cooking for Saturday, just ordering sandwiches and bagels, but I'll be making lists and checking things off to make sure we have everything we need.

I'm grateful that we've had such a nice time this year with the holidays. My parents came and stayed with us, my mom and I cooked together, my dad horsed around with the kids, Hubs and my dad watched football together, we iChatted with my siblings and their kids. It was the perfect combination of busy and relaxing.