Things I’ve done in preparation for hosting movie night:
- Vacuumed apartment.
- Washed windows in living room.
- Dusted furniture in living room.
- Scrubbed bathtub (more for me), declogged drain (more for me).
- Scrubbed sink.
- Cleaned bathroom floor.
- Hung decorative (and awesome) potholders in kitchen, along with cute tea towel.
- Hung clock in kitchen (need to buy AA battery though – it’s 10:08 in the kitchen.
- Took out recycling – bag of paper recycling, plus plastics, plus glass.
- Cleaned out fridge of all suspect and old food items (including artichoke).
- Took 3 boxes to the basement storage room.
- Washed mirrors in bathroom and hallway.
- Carefully reshelved 1970s era porn novels.
- Organized most random piles of papers.
- Purchased bottles of water, Coke, Coke Zero, and Sprite for guests.
- Chilled aforementioned liquids, plus two bottles of white wine.
- Purchased crackers and carrots for hummus dip that I will buy later.
- Purchased roses and centered them on dining room table.
- Did an extra load of laundry.
- Located and carefully stored copy of Office Space.
On my to do list:
- Buy bread.
- Buy hummus and other spreads.
- Wash dining room table.
- Mop kitchen floor.
- Remove coats from coat rack so that there is space for guest coats.
- Move things out of the way (like my toothpaste and toothbrush).
- Make sure all calendars have been flipped to June.
- Not panic.
I want to see your potholders and tea towel!
You have been busy!!! but buy hummus? Make it! so easy. I haven’t found good bought hummus in Germany yet… http://markbittman.com/hummus
Impressive! What about the light balls – are they cleaned?
No no, I doubt that there is a better host than you are.
“Carefully reshelved 1970s era porn novels”–so that they are now more prominently displayed?
I think that was my favorite line in this whole blog entry. 🙂
Is this your Gordon Merrick collection?
what about the great german “hausschuhe”??..you forgot them??
Will the Movie Night guests be permitted to use the recently scrubbed bath tub, if circumstances call for a bath?
All efforts were not in vain. A most enjoyable evening.
CN Heidelberg – I will take photos of the kitchen soon. I still need to give a virtual tour of my apartment!
Yelli – I’m too lazy and the Turkish grocery store in my Keiz makes really good hummus…
AnkiH – Light balls?
Reko, MT – Traveling Ph.D. – well… so that the novels are in the proper place. ‘d gladly show them to interested parties.
Prashanth – Socks or barefoot. I’m not that fancy!
Reko – Had any of my guests needed the bathtub, absolutely, yes.
Irish Berliner – It was a pleasure hosting you!