Tuesday night friends and family dinner
Categories: Fun & activities, Eating & nutrition
We love having people over to our house.
After my daughter was born seven years ago, our entertaining became one of the ways to hold onto our former pre-kid
life of nearly constant socializing. We couldn't go to happy hour anymore, but we could have happy hour at our house.
After a while we started to feel self conscious about our small house and the unfinished projects we have and the lack of income to finish all those projects. But we missed having our house full of people, so we've started to have big, loud, messy dinner with friends and their kids a few times a month at our house.
When I read about the 'Tuesday Night Friends and Family Dinner' idea at Metal Meredith it piqued my interest. I think the idea is so valuable to so many families, we're all so busy with the demands of not only our own but our kids varied interests, this is a great way to socialize in a low pressure way.
Since our extended family is a little disjointed and disconnected, having a group of friends we can casually eat and drink with has been great for my kids. Also I hate cleaning the house, so the only way to get my house clean is to invite people who don't normally live with my dust. I'm only mulling right now, but I'm thinking about starting a Tuesday pasta night. Maybe you should stop by.
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Heather 1-23-2006 @ 1:12PM
We have been doing tuesday night dinners at our house since november, and it has quickly become our favorite night of the week. Sometimes we have a big crowd, other times just a couple of regulars, but we always have a great time. Pasta, chili, pizza and breakfast-for-dinner all worked well for an unknown number of guests. Stir-fry not so much (too much chopping, and then we had to make more half-way through). But now I have an excuse to clean the house every week, and get to see my friends in a non-event way. I highly recommend it.
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Meredith 1-30-2006 @ 10:40PM
Wanted to add that Heather was my inspiration in this....Thanks Heather!
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