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This blog is dedicated to acquiring tips and tricks from REAL WOMEN that have become experts in making the events of their lives extraordinary. This wisdom will be shared in the event-planning book I am writing called "Your Life and Times."

You're an event planner and probably don't even realize it! Did you ever direct your high school play or organize a school dance; plan a baby shower for your college roommate; volunteer to host the 3rd grade class Valentine's Day party; have a birthday party for your kids; organize a fundraiser for a sick friend; plan a company golf outing; serve as a scout leader or a Sunday School teacher; host a block party for the neighborhood; plan your parent's 50th wedding anniversary? If so, your experiences and your voice is what will make this book useful, unique and best of all fun to read.

Time-savers, planning tips, favorite websites, funny stories, or how you averted disaster on a special day - anything goes! But please only post what you are willing to share with the world - it could end up in the book!

Wednesday, January 6

Making an Overnight Guest Welcome

Grandparents, college roommates, or treasured friends - for many of us, this time of year means having friends or relatives spending time as overnight guests in our homes. This can be a really fun time, but it can also result in chaos. What do you do to make your guests feel welcome while still maintaining a happy household?
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  1. Linda JonesJanuary 23, 2011 at 10:13 PM

    Diana Patterson says:

    The most important thing to remember is that everyone is different they might not do things the way you do it. If you invited the guests to your home roll with the punches and enjoy their stay. If they keep taking their shoes off in the living room and leaving them deal with it. It is a very short period of time. It is easy to get annoyed with guests for the littlest things. Enjoy their visit, cook meals together. Remember things they really like to eat, even shows they might not approve. Life is short and you don't want them to leave your house feeling like you didn’t enjoy their company. Chaos is the right way to describe it so embrace the chaos they are not staying forever. I think it is important to suggest things that you can all do together outside of the house but don’t have an entire schedule laid off for them. They might not be on the same budget that you are. And with that as a house guest you should leave a small gift for the hostess after you leave. Only something you can afford perhaps a nice gift certificate.

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  2. Linda JonesJanuary 23, 2011 at 10:14 PM

    Rebecca Redding Parry says:

    I hate fixing 3 meals a day for guests since I rarely eat 3 meals a day myself, so I generally have fix it yourself breakfast stations set up with their choice of toast, cereal, fruit, pastries, coffee...easy stuff. Lunch is the same with make your own sandwiches...setting out a variety of mustards, mayos, cheeses, and lunch meats with the fixins along with chips...serve yourself style...then I will go all out with a sit down dinner. If I do the reverse and have a big breakfast, I will simplify dinner with a pot of chili or soup and serve-yourself fixins. For big labor intensive meals like Thanksgiving...I refuse to cook the following day and we take everyone out...it doesn't have to be an expensive place...but that way I get to relax and enjoy a little too and let someone else do the cooking and cleanup.

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