Arrrgh!!!

Hunky Husband is one who believes that things should match. Balderdash, say I. I like a mixture and your solution to your "problem" sounds great. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family, Buffy!

I'm jolly glad we int he UK don't have an extra celebration to fit in before The Feast of The Cash Register! But, hope you have a great day Buffy.

Buffy, feel for your poor relations (Wichi Dude and Dudette) who were out shopping for flatware last week because they suddenly realized that if they had more than six people at the table, they wouldn't have enough knives and forks! The addition of soon-to-be co-in-laws brought the issue to a head. As it turned out, there will be only five of us, so they are OK; but, they are following my request of a few years ago to go pick out some patterns (flatware/dishes/stemware) so that we can be adding to their sets with birthday and holiday gifting! Had all eight of us been able to make it to the same meal, it would have been "bring your own silver"--LOL. But Crazy Kid had to work, so the scheduled meal didn't work out. (Obviously, WD & Dudette haven't been sweating the small stuff.) How do you manage to get 27 people together at once????

Cop Car, that table looked splendid when it was all put together, and I won't have to shop for another table cloth or napkins for several years. Rest assured that I'll make my move a LOT earlier when I do.

Been there, done that, with the silverware. We put three households together when we moved into this house. We ended up with two sets of flatware that each had twelve complete place settings, and three more sets of four, so we have enough for 36 people if we can find it all. More than 36 and it gets dicey.

I put eight people in the formal dining room, 10 in the dining room off the kitchen, and we set one more table for 8 in the foyer next to the back of the fireplace. For the extra ten people I would add two places to the table by the fireplace, and set up two small tables that seat four.

I've been the hold out who wanted to use china and crystal for Thanksgiving, but they are wearing me down. Next year we may eat off Chinet and use plastic utensils. When that happens, I plan to start eating off china every day. *G*

As for getting 27 together at once, my two oldest sisters have been very prolific. 23 of the people there were from their families and several of the kids and grandkids were missing today. My brother could have added 11, plus a baby and a toddler, and my youngest sister could have added four more. And Dear Husband's kids would have added seven more and a baby. I don't have enough fingers and toes to figure out the final count.

(Counting my Elegant Mother, it's 63. We'd need to hire a hall.)

Blue Witch, I really wish our holidays weren't so close together. The older I get, the more harried I become, trying to pull off both in style. We've been gravitating to simpler Christmas celebrations, and that seemed appropriate until our newest grandchild came along. With the exception of her gifts, we may continue to simplify.

Buffy, I plan to make an extra donation to Planned Parenthood this year in recognition of your (our?) two sisters--LOL! You had everything well planned out (as usual!) Just try not to let the number creep above 36, huh? (I can send you boxes of plastic ware.)

Save your money, Cop Car....they finally figured out what was causing it! lol Elegant Mother has a set of nice plastic ware that some company has been sending her a piece at a time. I figure we can deal with a few more than 36! *G*