The Ladies Club

Once a year, I do as my mother did -- I host my ladies club. Of course, as with any ladies club, there are co-hostesses, and the ladies that were my co-hostesses were wonderful!

We planned on-line -- the menu and the duties. A hostesses responsibility is to clean house and set the tables -- husband Jim was sweet and helped tote and carry the necessary additional chairs and tables so that I could host tonight's meeting.

When the ladies arrived, we welcomed them with . . .
A selection of white wine -- it was help yourself.

My co-hostesses and I were overwhelmed with the response of RSVP's and found that we had 32 who had agreed to come to our meeting!

It was a creative afternoon at Linderhof as we moved furniture out to the porch, pushed other furniture into corners and drafted living room chairs to serve as dining chairs.

We managed to set 4 tables which accomodated all 32 of our guests (including us!)
This is a great table -- it folds into one of those half tables. I've had it for a long time and it's been here and there in the living room. I finally figured out that it should live against the bookcase with only a small object d'art on top that can easily be moved.
The breakfast room -- the only change is adding two additional chairs.
The big table in the dining room. Because our dining room chairs are so big, we decided to use the skinnier folding chairs so that we could seat 10 in the dining room.
And the folding table which lives in the garage had the nicest chairs -- our dining room chairs. Those folding tables are great, store easily and the new white ones are also lightweight. (I've hauled loads of those long and heavy church tables -- this one is the same size, it folds in half, and even I can carry it -- alone!)

Since we decided to do a salad supper, we had the plates filled and at the places before the guests arrived.

I didn't realize that I had that many Spode blue and white plates! But I do!!!

Since there were three of us, we chose to have a salad supper -- fruit, meat and vegetable salads. I made the chicken salad nestled on a bed of baby greens and topped with garden chives and a great spiced fruit salad of pears, peaches and grapes, Friend Michelle made the Oriental coleslaw -- always a favorite, and Friend Barbara provided the homemade wholewheat bread and butter.

It was a great dinner hour before our business meeting. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves!

The chairs and folding table are on the porch waiting to go back to their home in the garage, the dishwasher is humming with plates and stainless, and the crystal and silver have been washed and put away. It is so nice to have helpful co-hostesses! Michelle and Barbara were troopers! A pile of linens await tomorrow's washing and ironing.

It's Thursday which means that it's time for Tablescape Thursday. Join Susan at Between Naps on the Porch to see what everyone else has on their Table this Thursday!