Dinner Party

I hosted a lovely dinner party Saturday with two other couples besides us.  I made my best company recipes, used the good silver and crystal, and felt very happy and proud to 'show off' our lovely home.  They had not been here before.  I do love this house!

As I was preparing for the day, getting out the silver, I was very appreciative that I have my mother's silver.  Up until this particular stage of my life,  I've not been so appreciate of the silver,  but actually, before now,  I never really had the necessary accoutrements for a more formal dinner party.   Our lifestyle was much less formal for most of our marriage.    In fact, it was not until we moved into this house that I bought some crystal glasses, got a full twelve place set of dishes,  and brought out the good silver.  Now I really enjoy setting a lovely table and cooking a delicious meal.   I suppose it is only fitting that the 'finer things of life' should come with age.

While I do remember that my mother had the reputation of being a great cook, and certainly was for family dinners, try as I might,  I could not recall having company dinners at our house, the parsonage.   It could very well be that the constant demands of church dinners and meetings filled up all the time and having company dinners at home was not the thing.   Or it could simply be that I do not remember because as a child I was not present at them.

I especially enjoy current family dinners at our house, which happen on most special occasions, or holidays.  If everyone is present, then we now have twelve people to sit at the table, which about fills the room.  If we add others,  which I do hope we will,  we'll have to rearrange, reconfigure our eating area.

All the occupants are not yet present at the table.  There still needs to be children of V&M, and a significant other for Cilla.  I will look forward to welcoming all those!