What a day!
Yesterday I hosted a Crafty Day. In theory a fun day to meet, have a natter, make Christmas cards - in practice - think WW3 !
Two out of four of my Die Cutting machines lost all sense of occasion and flatly refused to work properly.
Two of the attendees fell out - big time - and didn't speak to each other again for the whole day. Now there have been other times when things have gone wrong - but I have never had guests fall out before. Don't know what it was about as I was in the kitchen at the time - just heard raised voices - then an ominous silence - wanted to tell them both to go sit on the naughty step!
Someone sat on a cat and was disgruntled because I attended to him before dealing with her scratches. Poor cat just loves people, loves crafty stuff and wants to join in and help with whatever we are doing. T stood up to reach across the table for something - he jumped onto her chair - she sat down again and he was squashed. Not sure which of them shrieked the loudest! Neither suffered any lasting damage.
They had ordered Spiced Parsnip soup for lunch - which I duly made along with wholemeal rolls. One said it was too spicy, two said not spicy enough, and someone asked for plain white bread - which I had not made because I didn't think we would need it.
I was really glad when husbands/partners arrived to take them all home - and I could escape to a neighbour's house for a large - very large - glass of red wine.
Now - I have a sink full of washing up and a Sitting Room that looks like a bomb site.
Hey Ho - the next one is scheduled for April - so I have plenty of time to recover!