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Party Time
It's that time of year again
when we invite friends over, so we decided to give you
10 great ideas to make your friends feel welcome. |
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Fresh Flowers
Always have a vase
of fresh flowers on display somewhere in your
eating area. It lets your guest know that you
care about your surroundings. |
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Keep
supplies on hand
You will always appear the
perfect hosts if you can manage to pull out a
bottle of wine and nibbles for unexpected
evening guests.
Keep a supply of juice,
mineral water and wine, as well as some jars of
olives or other such nibbles. Then when
unexpected guest turn up, your sorted!
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Music, music and music
Don't ruin your evening by
playing the wrong sort of music to your guests.
Not everyone loves heavy metal, especially
grandparents!
Music is an important backdrop
and adds to your evening, think about the music
you will play before your guests turn up.
Quietly playing music in the background is
always a good idea over dinner, it will allow
everyone to talk without shouting over the
music! |
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No plastic please!
They all
know you have kids, but don't leave the
plastic tablecloth on when friends come
over for dinner.
Replace
it with a freshly laundered linen cloth.
You deserve to treat yourself.
Set up a
separate table with a more suitable
tablecloth if younger children are to
dine with you. They will feel like they
are having their own little party too.
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Don't poison your guests
As the weather
heats up, special care needs to be taken when
preparing and cooking food.
Make sure food is
covered and put in the refrigerator until
needed, then cook thoroughly. Wash hands after
handling white meat like chicken.
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Lavender at bedtime
You can get them
from most chemists (drugstores),
they are little pillows of lavender
which you slide under the
pillow . Lavender is a restful scent
and is used to relax those wanting
to sleep. A special touch for your
guest room.
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Clean the bathroom
Nothing
shows you don't care than a bathroom
with dirty hand towels, grubby soap and
a toilet that smells like a railway
urinal!
Take care
to clean your bathroom thoroughly. A
professional clear tells me, she sits on
the toilet and then looks to see if she
has missed anything. It is amazing what
your guest will stare at while they are
sitting there.
And
please, put a fresh roll of toilet paper
on the dispenser, nothing is worst than
being in someone else's house and
no toilet paper in sight!
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Quick housecleaning
We would all like to
think that our house will always be spotless
when guest arrive. But with kids that can
sometimes be impossible.
Here are some
quick things to make your house look better in
less than thirty minutes.
- Make
everyone's bed.
- Pick up
everything off the floor, put it in a large
box and get the kids to sort it all out the
following day.
- Open the
windows and let nature take care of bad
smells.
- Make sure
your dishes are rinsed and stacked, even if
you don't have time to wash them. Better
still put them into the dishwasher straight
after they have been used!
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Light a candle
For an evening,
nothing transforms a home than candle light. A
scented candle in the bathroom or at the
entrance gives a welcome friends will remember.
Just make sure that they are put out before you
retire for the night! Don't leave candles or
matches around kids.
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