Two dishwashers are starting to sound like a good idea!

Last night the first Tweet was sent from our house via Rusty Pitman's fancy Blackberry. Now tell me, who uses Twitter but NOT Facebook? Rusty if you are reading this, then you need to sign up for Facebook because seriously Facebook is so much better than Twitter. I only say that though because I have a hard enough time keeping Facebook up to date let alone find the time to sign up for Twitter.

Rusty, Robin, Patti, and Justin came over for dinner last night. We had a lot of fun and even though we ended up sitting in our formal dining area for the first time, it wasn't in my opinion a formal dining experience. For example we didn't have super fancy china or fancy placemats (I had a hard time remembering where all the placemats were!), etc.

Our menu was the following:
Appetizers: Champagne, wines, yummy cheeses, salumi salami, dips, crudites, chips
Salads: Plain Caesar and Shrimp Caesar Salads (thanks Patti and Justin)
Veggies: Grilled peppers, fennel, and onions
Starch: Grilled lemon-tarragon infused small potatoes
Proteins: Grilled alder planked salmon, NY strip steaks
Desserts: Fresh strawberries, banana bread-bread pudding, Mississippi Mud Cake (thanks Robin and Rusty!)

So even though there were only 6 of us, I think we managed to use all of our dinner plates, salad plates, glasses, and serving utensils. This morning I was thinking to myself that two dishwashers are starting to sound like a good idea!

I may be going to Macy's later today to exchange some items and possibly get more plates! Looking forward to more entertaining for other family and friends.