Ho ho Ho...

I love having people over!  Last night I had my first Christmas party at my house!  It was so much fun.  I was worried I was going to have to cancel the bash because I had been sick Thursday night into Friday, but after about 36 hours of pretty much uninterrupted sleep I felt better... and since I had already done most of the prep work for the party, AND because I felt better, I decided to keep the party as scheduled...and am glad I did.  

I made some sugar cookies... I had never actually made sugar cookies from scratch... but found a recipe while I was at the lake for Thanksgiving and it is a GREAT recipe.  I had made the dough last weekend...and put it in the fridge.  I cut out the cookies yesterday morning  and did the decorating.  It was fun.  I will definitely make these cookies again.  They were easy and delicious!  (A new holiday tradition!) 

My first guest to arrive was SANTA!  Oh wait.. that is not the REAL Santa... that is my friend Meg \.. I had not seen her in a long time.  She had not yet been to my house and it was nice to be able to have some time with her before other folks arrived.  She helped me cut up some cheese and veggies... then other people started arriving... (I think there were 18 people that stopped by..) 

I had set up a photo booth area with props and one of my friends brought this frame, decorated so well... it became the prop of the party.  I didn't manage to get everyone's picture who was in attendance, but I got a lot of them...

Here is  a photo of my former coworkers and I... fun group!  I am glad so many of them came over!! 

This is my friend Sheila and her hubby... Sheila is a sweetheart.. she has some crazy stories to tell, that may seem unbelievable... but this lady has crazy luck!

This is me with my former secretary... she is a sweetheart!  she brought the frame for us all to use and she made cupcakes!

These two... make me SMILE!  I used to work with these two.  They are about as good of guys as you can get!

This is one of my college roommates and her beau... So cool to have her still in my life after all this time! 

Me, Kris, and Suellen!  They are sisters (in case you cannot tell) and are so cute... and short!  But we look pretty cute all together. 

Suellen and hubby!

Me & Santa... I mean, Meg...

A couple of my neighbors stopped by too, and that was so fun!  I am glad to live in a place where I have GREAT neighbors. 

I LOVE having people over... Even though I did not make as much food as I had planned... there was PLENTY... I didn't eat much because I hadn't eaten anything except a couple of pieces of toast since Thursday night... so didn't want to take any chances... 

After the majority of people left, a few of us hung around and played Cards Against Humanity... that game is soooo inappropriate... and sooo funny... 

Excited to host my next party... but... need to do some writing for the book before I get too far!