Showing posts with label Cocktail Party. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cocktail Party. Show all posts

Thursday, October 8, 2009

The retro housewife


What does the Retro housewife day look like? Well, we get up, get our kids off to school, pack our hubbies a sandwich and wish them a safe drive. Then our day is OPEN? Some of us watch Oprah or the Soaps, some have a regular routine, for housewives with children our lives revolve around them and their activities, some paint do charity work...or maybe we run a home based business.

Some Retros have money, and for them running the house is comparable to running a small company, managing the staff, scheduling the projects, projecting an image of perfection to the outside world.

The best Retros understand that their purpose is to make life worth living for themselves and their families. That, no matter their income level or social status, they are the center of their families universe and the one who has the difficult task of making the most out of whatever resources are available to them.

In keeping a house, the job is to make it a home. In raising children, it is to turn out well balanced emotionally stable human beings that have the confidence and personal convictions they will need to make their way productively and happily in life. In being a wife, our job is one of support, confidante, companion, lover and best friend.

No small order, but in the end, we are the ones that make the difference in the lives of the other members of our families. Whoever coined the term "little woman" had not the slightest idea of what he spoke, for it is truly "the hand that rocks the cradle" that is an accurate depiction of our role.

We get many emails from housewives who identify with our general opinions on things, and stories about their lives and daily activities. In this section, we are highlighting the things we found in common amongst the hundreds of letters we get.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

How to organise the perfect Home Cocktail Party?



Well, well, well.
The time is coming. What for? Haven’t I told you?

So, tonight I will have a cocktail party. The husband’s workmates are going to come to our house to have discussions and share cocktails.

It sounds good. I’m glad to host such kind of party. Let’s have fun my dears.
Actually, I’m a good hostess. I always take care of my guests, that’s why I prefer to prepare everything in advance.

So, what do I have? The house is clean. Moreover I have improvised a bar in the living room. The guests will serve each other with drinks. What kind of drink? We will serve cocktails, martinis and wine.

I have prepared also finger foods which suits perfectly for a cocktail party. I have arranged them on several platters and have put them near the bar.
The house is full of smell. The smell is different: from food to alcohol. But, there is no time for complaints.

Well, I will tell you about the cocktail. It will be trendy. It will consist of 4 basic liquors: vodka, rum, scotch and gin. I will add also orange juice, coke, sparkling water and soda. I haven’t forgotten about olives for martinis. They are in the fridge already, waiting their appearance.

Wait, wait… How about the ice? I have a lot. I expect that the cocktail party will be very hot.

I doubt that my guests will not be surprised.

I have a problem. I can’t find a calm music which will not disturb the conversation between the guests. I think about “Sade” but I’m not sure. As you know calm music contains tension, maybe I will choose a calm one.

I will phone my husband and I will consult him. It’s a good idea. He knows his workmates better than me.

Time runs fast. I’m hearing even the voices of first guests. They are outside the door. They are tooting the ringer.

I put off the apron and go to the door. I open it and my smile welcomes them. Sara and Ben. They are always punctual.

“Hi, my dears. Welcome to my house”