Juhannus
…was fun. We didn’t really intend to hold a party as such, but that’s kinda sorta what happened. Lots of people came over, tons of food was grilled and eaten, and large quantities of alcohol were imbibed. The weather didn’t really cooperate, but sauna compensated pretty well.
The thing where you notice you’re getting a bit older is that it takes you longer and longer to recover from aforementioned large quantities of alcohol. Our whole household spent Saturday in lizard mode, and I didn’t see much vigorous activity on Sunday either. That’s not a complaint, it was very pleasant to just lie around in the sun and read; when it got too hot I went inside and watched some TV show episodes on the computer. At some point we were wondering if we needed to go buy groceries for Sunday… and then when we raided the fridge, we discovered we still have huge piles of leftover food there. So we cooked a meal of sausages plus steaks, along with a bacon-vegetable hash thingy. Oh, and some grilled corn. Yum. Life is good.
Managed to finish watching Dexter season two (good) and started watching Chuck season one (no-brains-required spy comedy, not-bad entertainment). Also noticed that Burn Notice season three has started, the first few episodes were very enjoyable. I was a bit so-so on this show during season one, but it really grew on me during the second season. It’s still not in the “fantastic!” category, but it is good fun and seems to have found its stride.
“You know spies. A bunch of bitchy little girls.” […]
Catching up: Juhannus
Been a busy couple of weeks, haven’t updated here though quite a bit has happened. So, let’s see…
A week ago we had our combined Juhannus + housewarming party at our place. We started off some time Friday in the early afternoon and continued until Saturday evening. Lots of food, drink, sauna ja people, was fun. Friday afternoon was pretty kid-oriented, since we had lots of children bouncing around while their parents concentrated on the important bits in life (aforementioned food, drink and other people). At one point our jacuzzi had more little girls in it than water – at least that’s what it seemed like, judging by the squeals, waving arms & legs, and splashed water.
We got a fun “norski Kimble” drinking game set as housewarming present (thanks, guys!), Marko Saari took some pictures of people playing that.
I “went to sleep” (i.e. crashed on our bed) sometime between 1am and 2am, I hear the party continued for quite a while after that, but since it apparently involved lots of off-key singing I was probably better off asleep. The next morning we kicked ourselves in gear with a healthy dose of eggs, bacon & sparkling wine, a breakfast innovation pioneered by Mervi in Ylistaro and warmly recommended by us. After that some more people arrived and the party went on, though it was more of a chill-out day that party; everyone was more or less hung over and in lizard mode.
All in all, a success. It’s always fun to host a party, but the arrangements plus cleanup make it something that you don’t feel like doing too often. It’s been a while since our last one. […]
