Holiday Blues? Read About This Memorable Dinner

Well, I say one thing to all of us who are not mini Marthas, "Don't Compete, go with your gut and invite friends over to enjoy your style of entertainment."

Here is my story.

Like most of us, I am tired after a long week of doing mundane chores around the house, dealing with kids, neighbors, the weekends belong to my family and me. I like to lounge in my ugliest sweat pants, call or email family and friends and continue to do mundane chores. Lately, I have been feeling guilty about not having friends over for dinner. Especially, the one friend who calls mid-week to invite you over for dinner. Oh, nothing special, she says, just twice baked potatoes, beef tenderloin and asparagus with hollandaise sauce.

Holland in a day sauce, I am thinking. "Sure, we would love to come."I sheepishly reply, "Is there anything I can bring," knowing she will say, no.

Maybe some of you don't care about having friends over, especially the one true friend who invites you and your family over even when you don't reciprocate. I started out this way, but dang she kept inviting us. Why? I don't invite them over. Is she a better person than me? God, she's playing mind games with me. That's it, I am inviting them over.