TN Traveler
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 21, 2004
Boy, I need some ideas and help!!
DH & I hosted an exchange student from Italy school year 1986-87. We have stayed in touch w/"our son" through the years and he is FINALLY getting to come back for a visit!! He will be here next weekend and I have SO much to do before he gets here. I got this wild hair to totally remodel my den and have taken down my curtains (which are 15 + yrs old!)
and want to start all over. I've found some curtains I like and hope to get them this weekend. I'm also going to buy some pictures and different things to change it around in here. In between all of this we have soccer for 2 kids on Tues & Thurs nights, church on Wed night, soccer games on Saturday w/pictures before AND I have my job (home based travel agent!!) In addition, he has asked me to track down some of his old friends and let them know he is going to be in town and would like to see them. SO now I have decided to have a little get together at my house for him and whoever wants to come over can. CALL ME CRAZY!! So now, I'm trying to figure out what to prepare as snacks to have for people to eat. This is where I need your help. I'm thinking about chips, french onion dip, chips w/salsa, veggie tray, maybe a fruit tray, cheese and crackers, maybe a meat tray w/misc crackers as well, and I've thought about some pigs N blankets, sausage cheese balls or something like that. Problem is I won't have time to make anything that afternoon since the girls have soccer games until 2!! I need this to be Q & D!! Instead of pigs n blankets, I thought about some of those little smokies in the sauce that stay in the crock pot....can someone tell me how to make those? I know it's super easy but never made it. Also any other suggestions for quick and easy foods? I thought about hot wings or fresh shrimp w/cocktail sauce but both are very expensive and I need to keep this easy on the budget as much as possible. I can buy a cheeseball at my local grocery, prepare the veggies the day before and buy a fruit tray that morning or make it the afternoon before guests arrive. Cheese tray should be pretty easy. What about wine? I know NOTHING about wine but considering he's from Italy I think we should have some here but don't know what to buy. Maybe I should let him make that call and he and DH can buy some that afternoon if he wants to.
Any suggestions and ideas will be more than welcome as I'm at a total loss on what to do!!
TIA,
Karen
DH & I hosted an exchange student from Italy school year 1986-87. We have stayed in touch w/"our son" through the years and he is FINALLY getting to come back for a visit!! He will be here next weekend and I have SO much to do before he gets here. I got this wild hair to totally remodel my den and have taken down my curtains (which are 15 + yrs old!)
and want to start all over. I've found some curtains I like and hope to get them this weekend. I'm also going to buy some pictures and different things to change it around in here. In between all of this we have soccer for 2 kids on Tues & Thurs nights, church on Wed night, soccer games on Saturday w/pictures before AND I have my job (home based travel agent!!) In addition, he has asked me to track down some of his old friends and let them know he is going to be in town and would like to see them. SO now I have decided to have a little get together at my house for him and whoever wants to come over can. CALL ME CRAZY!! So now, I'm trying to figure out what to prepare as snacks to have for people to eat. This is where I need your help. I'm thinking about chips, french onion dip, chips w/salsa, veggie tray, maybe a fruit tray, cheese and crackers, maybe a meat tray w/misc crackers as well, and I've thought about some pigs N blankets, sausage cheese balls or something like that. Problem is I won't have time to make anything that afternoon since the girls have soccer games until 2!! I need this to be Q & D!! Instead of pigs n blankets, I thought about some of those little smokies in the sauce that stay in the crock pot....can someone tell me how to make those? I know it's super easy but never made it. Also any other suggestions for quick and easy foods? I thought about hot wings or fresh shrimp w/cocktail sauce but both are very expensive and I need to keep this easy on the budget as much as possible. I can buy a cheeseball at my local grocery, prepare the veggies the day before and buy a fruit tray that morning or make it the afternoon before guests arrive. Cheese tray should be pretty easy. What about wine? I know NOTHING about wine but considering he's from Italy I think we should have some here but don't know what to buy. Maybe I should let him make that call and he and DH can buy some that afternoon if he wants to.
Any suggestions and ideas will be more than welcome as I'm at a total loss on what to do!!
TIA,
Karen