Everyone eats when they come to my house

On 4th September 2009 I became the proud possessor of my present home. Today (almost one year later) I had the house warming party. I'd invited about 50 family and friends plus the people from work and tried to cater for about 35 hungry people. In the end about 20 turned up and no matter how hungry they were, they couldn't finish the food!

On top of this the weather decided not to co-operate. Yesterday was sunny with a light wind, today we had gale force winds and torrential rain. Admittedly it did stop raining around 4:30 but only because the blisteringly cold winds blew away the clouds and with them one of the gazebos providing shelter. My poor dad and my cousin-in-law M spent their afternoon cooking in the smokey but freezing cold garden while everyone else relaxed in my living room. Of course, there was a lot of movement once the food was ready and, for a short period, people sat or stood in the garden eating and talking.

Now everyone has gone home, most of them with doggy bags, the washing up is done and stuff is sorted out. All I have to do tomorrow is cook and freeze all the leftover food!