The house warming party was a success. We bought WAY too much food and drink but that's cool, because should a nuclear incident occur we can live off sausage and tostitos for at least a week, and we can bathe in vodka should the water source be contaminated.

Don't ask me where that came from...

...in any case, I'd say we had about 25 people show up, but between 5-10 people actually there at any given time, from 4pm to 11pmish. Steve and I were able to indulge in a very satisfied collapse on the couch at about midnight, with minimal clean up the next day. Thanks to consumption being primarily beer and wine on top of every carby snack you can think of, sausage dogs, garden burgers, and Steve's famous carpet-bag steaks, no one got too drunk or too tired; people seemed to wander through and camp out in all the space instead of clumping; nothing got stolen, broken, or burnt, and generally, from what I can tell, everyone had a pleasant time.

Next big test: a visit from Mom this weekend. ;)