Well, stupido me, when we were discussing company christmas party (which our company has never had, new drinkin’ and drivin’ rules), I put up my hand and said "hell, we’ll have it at my place’. Let me describe my place: 900 sq ft, 28 boxes of new flooring stacked in the middle; some drywall on some walls; some insulation on others; too much furniture; not enough space; six foot diameter, seven foot high christmas tree going up this weekend (it was on special last year and didn’t look nearly that big in the box which was about 6 inches by 8 inches by four feet long)…dining room ceiling not finished (however, does have lovely old plaster, well the plaster that’s still there anyway, between the slats of whatever they are to hold the layer to that we took down already). Although the flooring will make a lovely table!
Does that stop me? No way, not only that, I’m actually sending out invitations to 24 people AND THEIR SPOUSES. :smack:
This should be an adventure…anyone else want to volunteer their “I should have kept my mouth shut” story?
Wow, that sounds really tempting…I’m sitting at work, looking at the invitations, all dressed in their red envelopes and stamps, thinking “once I put these in the post, I’m committed”.
Maybe you could tell em it’s a “While You Were Out”/“Trading Spaces”?“Whatever That Extreme Home Makeover Show Is Called” party and they have 72 hours to turn your home into a showplace! It’ll be fun! It’ll be rad! Let’s wallpaper CanadianGirl’s living room with old newspapers and paint all the baseboards lavender! While drinking!
Swampbear…what can you do with 1 whole pc of drywall; several smaller pieces of various sizes and shapes; two walls with just insulation and vapor barrier; a beautiful sink I got one heck of a deal on however is now too big for soon to be new kitchen and I need to get rid of (four about $400 if anyone is interested although it is cast iron and shipping will be veeeery verrrry expensive)…however, for now it is resting in the living room (hubby: " if you think I’m carrying that thing down the stairs into my work room…")?
No lavendar trim, please. White would be just fine! Can you start tomorrow? We have snow!
Actually, there are three people (count six with spouse) that definitely will have gone home for christmas before then (lay offs), I would venture a guess that, in reality (or in a really small house) there will be about 50-60% of them perhaps. Depends on the weather too, if we get a raging ice storm which we are prone to do, it could be zilch!
Also, what I should have added is, since the first effort at this thing, if we don’t get enough interest, it possibly may be off (depends on the boss, since this is a “unofficial” company party).
It’ll be fun! It’ll be rad! Let’s wallpaper CanadianGirl’s living room with old newspapers and paint all the baseboards lavender! While drinking!