A Ten for the Idea, A Zero for Timing
On the way to the hospital yesterday, Tate suggested we have some folks from work over for dinner.
We were on the way to the hospital and he was suggesting we host a dinner party?
Um. Okay.
Let's see what's wrong with this.
We were on the way to the hospital. Because our baby cries all the time. It's possible that we wouldn't make the best hosts seeing as we have a baby who cries. All. The. Time. And it's worse in the evenings...when you usually host dinner parties.
And this crying baby? She's making it near impossible to keep a neat house. Dog hair, dust, toys, bits of paper, stuffed animals, shoes, laundry piles....surround me. The bathrooms, they haven't been cleaned in weeks. We live in a literal pig sty.
Then there's the sudden weeping. My lack of clothes that fit due to my post-pregnancy body.
Oh yeah, I haven't cooked a meal in weeks unless it can microwaved or comes out of a can. I can't eat dairy. And I'm supposed to cook a meal for other people to come over to my loud, pig sty home and eat?
I also have a need to overachieve. If we have people over, I would want everything to be perfect. I have fantasies straight out of the 1950's of the perfect dinner party. Standing rib roast, caramelized brussel sprouts, herbed mashed potatoes and pie for dessert. Cloth napkins, beautiful place settings, complete with name cards on my lovely table decorated to perfection. Cocktails in high ball glasses and Frank Sinatra playing in the background. Great conversation.
I have nothing to talk about right now except acid reflux and crying.
So maybe right now isn't the best time to host a dinner party.
***********
In case you can't go to BlogHer, come join us for FibHer '07 with Sara's review of FiberSure and Berry Blast Metamucil.
Labels:
Happy Homemaking,
Men?
21 People are even more brilliant:
I'm loving the bloggy makeover! It looks awesome. And Tate? Tell him sure, HE can host a dinner party, along with doing all the preparation and clean-up. You can sit there and look pretty and hold your cute little (not crying) baby.
I'm going to have to go see Izzy about a blog makeover...yours is AWESOME!!!
what is wrong with MEN ???? i mean seriously ?? a dinner party while you are in the midst of colic/reflux ???
I'm SO having deja vu right now...your posts are like looking at my life a year ago...
Thats just crazy! He should have instead suggested you get someone to help clean the house, and babysit the kids, and take you out.
Ugh! I hear you and I my kids are all past that age.
We considered putting up caution tape around our house for a recent party we hosted on our deck. Damn guests needed to use the bathroom though, so I had to clean the pathway to it and the room itself.
Selfish guests.
holy SMOKES check out your new banner! it's so sassy... I LOVE it! (sorry if this comment is late... that's what i get for reading your blog in a reader too often!)
And all I can say about your post is... MEN. (heavy sigh with accompanied eye rolling)
Oh Jennifer!!! I LOVE your site. Sorry I'm late with the comment, I too have been guilty of reading in a reader. Not anymore. I love the red. So fantastic. Now, about this current state, I think Jean is on to something with getting someone to just help you out for awhile and let you have a break. I'm willing to come down, does tomorrow work for you?
Ooohh fancy! Now, I'm really not one of the cool kids. Note to self...pimp out blog immediately so as not to be considered nerdy.
Uhh, yeah, maybe not the best timing on that dinner party !( I'm so with you on the needing it to be perfect -only I'd probably do grilled asparagus- brussel sprouts and I don't get along :) )
Sorry about the dumb man suggestion, can't help you there though as it wouldn't be any different if I offered you my man as a replacement.
I LOVE your new blog look...
Heh, yeah, that's bad timing. Right now the only dinner parties we have are those that involve someone bringing the food with them, and only coming over if they promise they won't judge us for the current state of our house. Pig sty is just about right.
Love the new blog design!
Let's see...pet hair all over, toys, dust, paper, stuffed animals, shoes , laundry. That sounds JUST like my house. Except I don't have a reason for it to be that way. You do. hehe.
If I came over for dinner, I'd feel right at home!
LOVE the new look!
Loving the new template! Sorry I haven't put my .02 in - as you know, I've been busssssy.
Men - they should have their own classification in the zoo.
Tell him when you can hire a caterer and a teenager to do the cleanup you will do the party!
love the new look!
Wow, I was shocked to see your new look, like oops, I have the wrong page, but no! It's so fabulous, and funky, and original. Love. it.
Ok, so this falls into the category of advise you didn't ask for, but have you read The Happiest Baby on the Block? Dr. Harvey Karp contends that it's not pain that make babies cry and cry and cry, but an incomplete nervous system. He has this amazing technique for switching the crying to "off" (the 5 S's). If possible, buy or rent the video of the same title. He's really amazing, and who knows, it may help. (Many moms of the video testify to his techniques- and their formerly colicky babies are quiet and happy.)
Please don't be mad about the assvice! =) Hope things turn for the better soon! (And if you want to come here for dinner instead, you'd feel right at home. I'd even make you a dairy free delicious meal...)
Ugh. Gotta love it when the guys just *don't get it.*
Last year I co-chaired my son's elementary school auction, which was crazily demanding. It literally required far more preparation than our wedding. Anyway, the day of the auction I was running around getting last minute stuff done; pretty much every second of the day was accounted for. My husband was supposed to function as my assistant, and early in the am I needed him to fill my car full of stuff to haul over to the venue.
But he's nowhere to be found. The moments are ticking away and I start to stress that I will be late...and I CAN'T be late, I am in charge.
Finally I track him down. He's in the garage, vacuuming out my car. He looks up at me all proud and says, "I'm cleaning out your car so it's nice for your big day."
DUDE! I don't give a flying anything if my car is a bit messy. I'm under a deadline here!!! Load it up so I can get out of here.
Sometimes I think they are just so clueless as to the big picture.
Tell him you'll host said dinner party if he hires a housekeeper to make the house spotless, a chef to cook it and a party planner to make it oh so perfect. And of course, can't forget a personal shopper for you!
Post partum clothing is one of the most depressing things in my opinion. Ugh. NOTHING fits right!!
Love the new page. :)
Love your new digs! And men? Don't get me started.
I love love love the new look! I'm next on Izzy's list (I know, I know, I just had mine done a while back, but it's spring now! Time for new clothes!) and I don't know where to start with ideas. Humpf.
All I can say for this post is, well, I'm just shaking my head. I know these husband moments all too well.
Men, whats with them? . Im sure the other dinner guests would of loved it.
Glad to hear tha the baby is ok health wise, i imagined you must of been going crazy with worry.
My husband has a knack for doing the EXACT SAME THING to me! At the worst possible moment, he suggests that we have random neighbors whose first names I don't even know over, or whoever. It doesn't matter. The weirder the people and the worse the timing, the more likely he is to suggest it.
Post a Comment