You know it's X-Mas when folks start having parties

If we were having an X-Mas party the planning list might look something like this:

• Arrange living room furniture for conversation groups
• Set up chairs in office for a second conversation room
• Throw piles of clean laundry into closet to hide from guests
• Throw piles of dirty laundry into bags (into same closet, if room)
• Put bills, unopened junk mail, catalogs into plastic bag (into same closet, if room)
• Clean: fridge, bathroom, kitchen countertops
• Bathroom: place hundreds of toiletries piled on vanity into plastic bag and hide in linen closet
• Iron linens and wash wine and champagne glasses
• Hide porn, lube, and sex aids (okay, that one's a joke, I swear, Dad)
• Grocery shop (a separate list)
• Emma's boxes
• Replace tea light candles in holders (about 25 of them total)
• Hang clean hanging clothes in either walk-in or narrow closet (if room after everything else in there).
• Find new spot for bags of dirty clothes (maybe trunk of car?)
  
• Fluff pillows on bed for guest to put coats

I won't bore you with the grocery list, but I can tell you, it wouldn't look like this one (from found.com):

All I want to know is: what the hell are nose pills, what kind of party is this, and why am I not invited?

Hope you all had a great Tuesday.

Message for Wednesday: smile at strangers. It will make you feel good.

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