That’s right. We’re doing a do-it-yourself baby shower. My daughter and one of my nieces will both have babies in May, and I wanted to do showers for them. Unfortunately, trying to get my extended family together is one of the more impossible tasks of all times. Getting them together twice in March was a total impossibility.
I talked with the girls and they were willing to share a shower. My oldest sister and I have planned the simplest of evenings: a potluck supper and shower! We’ll decorate the tables and set up a table for the gifts. We’ll put together one complete meal and let everyone else bring what they’d like. One of the girls is eagerly planning appetizers, one is bringing a decorated cake and another dessert.
The men of the family have been invited to this party. We’ll gather about 6:30 on Saturday night for our dinner. We plan to serve buffet style, but there will be a seat for everyone at a decorated table. I have to rent about ten chairs, but I have all the china and silverware and glassware I need. I think we’ll need to seat about 28 people. (I’m probably lucky that at least 16 members of my family live too far away to attend!)
We’ve already been shopping, so I have gifts to wrap, and little last minute things to do. I’ll shop for the meal on Thursday, and finish the cleaning on Friday. Saturday we’ll set up tables and cook.
Sooooo…if I’m conspicuously absent for a few days, it might not be AOL’s fault this time. I’ll let you know if it was a success.

Do you make your bed every day?
My mother taught me to make my bed each day. I learned how to make “hospital corners” so that the upper sheet was tight and flat. While I can’t drop a quarter and have it bounce, as my sister the Navy Officer was taught to do, I do make a reasonably good looking bed.
The problem is, the very first thing Dear Husband does when he greets this newly made bed is to rip the top sheet out from the mattress.

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