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Host eats crow after neighborhood party

December 6, 2010 by Kate Mayer 4 Comments

Eating-Crow
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I was wrong.

My loser teenage kids did totally ditch me for the Neighborhood Holiday Party they insisted we host. And the neighborhood did arrive with bells on. But nobody burned the house down. Or killed the cat.

In fact, it was a great night. They came, they drank, they ate. We laughed and laughed and had a blast. We drank too much, ate too much, and laughed too much, if that’s possible.

I was wrong.

The party I moaned and bitched about was a huge success. I like these people. Plus they brought their little kids, about a hundred of them it seemed, with the oldest in just first grade. And they were so very, very cute and cuddly, and even when exhausted and crying in their feetie pajamas, we were able to remember when, and enjoy their every move.

So I was wrong about the nightmare neighbors. Or maybe not completely wrong, but those that showed up weren’t the jail bait I predicted.

The party was fun and festive and a great kick-off to the holidays. My neighbors were kind and generous and grateful. And I’ll balk again next year, and complain, then cave, and be glad I did.


Neighborhood Party. Ho. Ho. Ho.
This Sleigh Does Not Stop at Abercrombie

Comments

  1. Anonymous says

    December 6, 2010 at 3:09 pm

    Until next year then!

    Reply
  2. Michelle Saunderson says

    December 6, 2010 at 3:16 pm

    Glad your house is still intact. It’s great that you enjoyed your party.

    Reply
  3. Robin says

    December 6, 2010 at 4:16 pm

    Feetie PJs!!! Gets me every time.

    (say nothing of the unikini)

    Reply

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An irreverent storyteller with a foul mouth and big heart, Kathryn Mayer (aka Kathy and/or Kate) is a writer, humorist, and activist writing out loud with humor and grace about little life moments with big ripples, including the space between parenting and aging parents, social issues, angsty reflections of midlife, and, sigh, gun humpers. Still. Sometimes a big deal, sometimes not Mayer is a national award-winning columnist, according to the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, and her essays have been recognized as Voice of the Year … Read More Here...

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