What a party

I was slightly hungover this morning, but what a great party we had.

Rosalie and I had been working on it for the last couple of weeks making signs, menus, placemats, preparing food and borrowing tables, table cloths and chairs. Mary-Ellen and Bruce, our neighbours, brought us back some bunting from Mazatlan. The girls put it together while Bruce and I supervised. On the morning of the party I hung it all up and it made the whole place so much more festive.

We had invited about thirty people and most showed up. By three-thirty the place was buzzing. Everybody contributed food so we didn’t go hungry. After the appies I recruited Peter as an assistant and opened up ‘Taqueria de Chris’.

I bought a new propane griddle a few weeks ago so was itching to use it. I cooked everything as we went along so it was all fresh. This year I decided to use real beef instead of hamburger and I’m glad I did. Everyone had a choice of that and chicken. We served forty tacos and still had meat left over. We also supplied the lettuce, beans, onions, tomatoes, cheese, pico de gallo etc. for the toppings.

After serving the food Peter and I grabbed a taco each and settled down to enjoy ourselves. Rosalie and I mingled with the crowd and as I went from table to table I realized that no matter what table I sat at, I was with really good friends. It wasn’t us who made the party it was having them there.

I got the giant Jenga game out and watched as the guys had fun with that. There have been a few complaints that the wood need waxing so I may have to look into that; or not, depending on my mood when I next think about it.

Eventually, people started to drift off home and left the diehards behind; that’s when the tequila came out. Rosalie and I were finally alone at about 9:15. and reviewed the day. We decided it was our best Melaque party yet, the weather was perfect, not too hot not too cold and no rain, even the Mexican music was good.

Rosalie was a bit stressed leading up to it but calmed herself down on the day and had a great time. I have to thank her more than anybody for the success we had. Also to our eldest daughter Lisa, who inspired us with the Cricut machine.

This morning we had the job of cleaning up, putting things away and returning borrowed tables and chairs. Mary-Ellen and Bruce jumped in to help once more which made the job a lot easier. The biggest chore was the washing up and Mary-Ellen helped Rosalie with that too.

I’m already looking forward to next years party.