Ticking off more ticky boxes

Kitchen floor mopped -- check.
Living room wood furniture wiped down with pledge, including piano -- check.
Tablecloth and sixteen napkins dampened and ironed -- check.
Refrigerator inspected, biology experiments removed, shelves wiped -- semi-check.
Small portable buffet table cleared of big plants, ready for relocation from sitting room to dining room tonight -- check.

Today's adventures, other than the work day, will include a bit more laundering of dining room linens, ritual washing of china and crystal, the fabrication of cranberry sauce and the pulling apart of three loaves of stuffing bread.

We have eight people coming to dinner, not ten, which means that I won't be mixing and matching china, crystal, flatware, or linens. (Except for a couple of substitute dinner plates...)

One of the benefits of working at home is that I can wash goblets on my lunch hour....

Add a ticky box

Bake a pumpkin pie and something chocolate.

Not on my ticky box list originally. But the guest who was bringing the desserts has emailed in sick. So I guess I see if I can remember how to make piecrust, and I guess I open a box of brownie mix. Bleah.