Anna Marta
06-17-2007, 04:17 PM
Just a funny note...
We had guests for a few days. Steinar's sister and husband and some friends drove down from Oslo. :D
I, of course, went whacko!!! And not wanting to suffer alone I took the driver's seat and drove Steinar nuts too! :eek: We cleaned and scrubbed and reorganized every square centimeter. Steinar was even on his hands and knees wiping the floors . There was not a cat hair in 100 meters of this place. ;) I had made homemade bread and rolls and froze them so we could heat them up.
This couple is anal about being organized and spotless in their home. So are your spices lined up alphabetically? How about the newspapers, do you initial them after you read them so your spouse knows it's okay to dispose of them?
Needless to say, in this house with an ADD computer genius and composer and his writer, painter etc wife - creativity is the top priority so we're lucky the dish washer gets unloaded some days.
By the time they came late Fri. we were both exhausted. Took them out for dinner on Saturday night so I wouldn't have to cook. They left an hour ago and I am dragging us to bed...
The funny thing is that they are so sweet and loving. The pressure is all on our side. SO we do it EVERY TIME... Exhausted when they get here and dead when they leave. Lazarus and Martha - that's us!
Ready for this? Weekend breakfast for guests is a feast of open faced sandwiches. Several fresh breads/rolls and whole grain crackers, 3 kinds of fish, (pickled herring, Smoked salmon, peppered mackerel) 4 kinds of cheese (brown goat, mild white, caraway seed, flavored cream cheeses) Salted/smoked ham, lamb and several kinds of salami made from different areas of the country, fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, red peppers, and lettuce for the sandwiches, as well as hard boiled eggs and eggs scrambled w/ leeks in to be eaten with the smoked salmon on top. Juice, drink yoghurts, buttermilk, muesli and fruits in season. And gallons of coffee with heavy cream. Being the only American in the crew I ate hot oatmeal with chopped apples, raisins and cranberries in it. (I hate lunch for breakfast!) AND friends, a linen table cloth! Hence weekend guests are a BIG deal here...
Shalom
Anna Marta
We had guests for a few days. Steinar's sister and husband and some friends drove down from Oslo. :D
I, of course, went whacko!!! And not wanting to suffer alone I took the driver's seat and drove Steinar nuts too! :eek: We cleaned and scrubbed and reorganized every square centimeter. Steinar was even on his hands and knees wiping the floors . There was not a cat hair in 100 meters of this place. ;) I had made homemade bread and rolls and froze them so we could heat them up.
This couple is anal about being organized and spotless in their home. So are your spices lined up alphabetically? How about the newspapers, do you initial them after you read them so your spouse knows it's okay to dispose of them?
Needless to say, in this house with an ADD computer genius and composer and his writer, painter etc wife - creativity is the top priority so we're lucky the dish washer gets unloaded some days.
By the time they came late Fri. we were both exhausted. Took them out for dinner on Saturday night so I wouldn't have to cook. They left an hour ago and I am dragging us to bed...
The funny thing is that they are so sweet and loving. The pressure is all on our side. SO we do it EVERY TIME... Exhausted when they get here and dead when they leave. Lazarus and Martha - that's us!
Ready for this? Weekend breakfast for guests is a feast of open faced sandwiches. Several fresh breads/rolls and whole grain crackers, 3 kinds of fish, (pickled herring, Smoked salmon, peppered mackerel) 4 kinds of cheese (brown goat, mild white, caraway seed, flavored cream cheeses) Salted/smoked ham, lamb and several kinds of salami made from different areas of the country, fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, red peppers, and lettuce for the sandwiches, as well as hard boiled eggs and eggs scrambled w/ leeks in to be eaten with the smoked salmon on top. Juice, drink yoghurts, buttermilk, muesli and fruits in season. And gallons of coffee with heavy cream. Being the only American in the crew I ate hot oatmeal with chopped apples, raisins and cranberries in it. (I hate lunch for breakfast!) AND friends, a linen table cloth! Hence weekend guests are a BIG deal here...
Shalom
Anna Marta