Half a post

Are you dying to know how the party went? Have you been biting your nails all weekend waiting for this post? I thought so.

Despite the fact that I was way-unorganized, and spent too much time cleaning the bathroom rather than cooking the food, it turned out to be a successful party.

1. People came! (Don't you always kind of get nervous about that when you have parties--but I also worry about people feeling obligated because everyone is so busy!) Actually, the perfect number of people came. As much as we would have loved to have every single one of you there, I don't think our tiny apartment could have fit you all.

2. The food turned out decent--we had half-English Muffin pizzas, half-Little Smokies, half-circle of shrimp, half-bowl of carrots, whole meatballs (I ended up dropping the ball on that one), half-cookies, half-and-half chocolate/yellow cake, and a bowl of gold-fish and snack mix divided in half by a piece of the Fruity Pebbles box, courtesy of Royce.

3. Royce received half-gifts: One mitten, half a plate of half-cookies, a whole plate of half muffins,
half a bag of homemade biscotti, half a deck of cards, and half a box of Little Caesar's pizza!

4. We played games: Pin half-the-Nose on half-the-Clown (I gave away two prizes--now you wish you had come, huh?), Scene-It, and Ticket to Ride Europe.

5. And I took no pictures--sad, huh.

So there you have it--the best half-party ever! Well, until next year . . .