I was hoping we could do another dinner with the usual suspects again! I had had a lot of teaching around noon time, so I hadn't had lunch with Martin and Susan very much. And Martin was busy with all the things that that come with moving house, so even if I was having lunch, he often wasn't there. So I had the feeling I hadn't seen my friends much recently. And then it turned out they were all available the very next weekend. Excellent!
It became clear that this was not a minute too soon. Martin has sold his house, and was getting ready to move out. But their new house was not available yet for them to move into. So he will temporarily move south. Now at least we would have an evening or we could talk before he would vanish off the radar for a bit.
With everybody being available it did mean I would have to fit seven people in my house. I had never done that before! And it's not a small house, but the rooms are small. I had already found five a bit of a challenge. And I’m not even sure I’d ever done six. Let's see if we could make seven happen.
The others did offered to help out, and that resulted in Susan bringing dessert and Martin bringing salad. I was making a big tray bake, and garlic bread with tapenade. I had made sure to put the bread machine in the conservatory for the garlic bread, as otherwise my whole house would be filled with an impenetrable cloud of garlic smell.
It worked out! We all managed to fit both in the living room and in the kitchen. And it was a lovely night. The cat also gave acre de présence. She even walked around on Tom's lap! I consider it a success. Let’s hope we can soon do a version in Martin and Sarah’s new place!
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