Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one. - Dr. Seuss For Kate’s housewarming party, I should say, “Tonight was good, tonight was fun. Tomorrow I shall miss it.” Kate’s fun and cool housewarming party not only drove summer night’s heat away, but also threw most of the goldies together.
The refurbishment of Kate’s home took several months, or I should say almost half a year from the day she started packing and moving things away for refurbishment. She missed a few of the ladies’ gatherings and activities because of the tedious work and pressure with the renovations.
I’m a playful person, flexible with my schedule. I thought Kate was too hard on herself and a few hours escape from the housework should do her good to release her tension. Well, Kate is Kate, and Kate is different. She lives a more disciplined life, for everything she does, she gives her full attention and energy. The whole refurbishment cost her several pounds and countless cheerful smiles. Every time we got to see her we found she was getting skinnier and skinnier. We strove to cheer her up, but that didn’t help her to get her weight, or her familiar cheerful smiles back. Now the remodeling is done, we are so happy to see her happy mood and humor back again.
I had clogging class in the afternoon. I asked Pamela to come to the clogging class to meet me so that we could go to Kate’s home together. I kept alert to my cell phone in case she called. She showed up right after the class was over, though I had secretly hoped she would arrive earlier to exercise with us a little bit. Pamela insisted we get some real food for the housewarming party despite the fact that she already had purchased a beautiful variety pack of cakes from a very famous brand store in Taizhong.
With good preparation work Googling the address in advance this time, I knew exactly the way to Kate’s home. Not a sec. was wasted in finding the directions. I was also well prepared for the challenge of finding a place to park. Luckily, I easily found a parking place in a small corner next to Kate’s home thanks to Pamela and her keened eyes. Couldn’t believe my luck as Kate thoughtfully pointed out that there was nowhere to park a car near her home.
When Kate opened the door, I saw a Chinese beauty dressed right for the occasion and with a big welcoming smile. When seeing her neat, warm and cozy home, I believed all her hard work and the time she had invested had paid off. As Pamela and I were the first to arrive and Kate was already prepared for the party she gave us a room by room tour. There were a lot of pictures of Kate and her family taken over the years. Kate looks beautiful in every picture, yet we were also surprised to notice how Kate’s beauty changed over time. What an amazing woman! Then we occupied her completely with a nice chat. We also had the privilege of tasting her daughter’s lovely refreshments.
After the clock struck six, we began to expect other guests to arrive. Well, they seemed to take their time, Victor Chu from Grand T/Ms Club was the first to showed up followed by Lydia who couldn’t find a parking spot without Kate’s help. Michelle was next to arrive, followed finally by Irene. Linda and Sherry had other engagements today and will join Kate for her second housewarming party. With three more T/Ms guests; Maggie, William and Dawn; and another one of Kate’s daughter’s friend, the party formally began to roll. Topics jumped from one to another while we dug into all the delicious dishes. In what seemed like no time at all it was ten o’clock and someone reminded us not to outstay our welcome as it was late and the host needed her rest.
As we reluctantly got up to leave, Dawn announced she prepared a take-home gift, a broad bean snack for everyone. That was another surprise!
Thank you again, Kate, for such a lovely, fun and enjoyable housewarming party. I am happy for you that you now have a newly refurbished, cozy home to enjoy your quiet and relaxing time!
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