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[quote=Anonymous]What kind of party? We do a lot of casual outdoor family BBQ type get together, and ditto others about setting up everything in advance. DH likes to man the grill, so we have a table next to it with maybe a bowl of pretzels and cooler for beers and waters, and trash can there. We find other dads will gravitate over there so he can still be part of the party while flipping burgers. Any toppings and sides are already totally prepped and set out or in the fridge and ready to be pulled out and served cold. We use disposable products and buy some disposable pop up trash cans from party city and have several scattered around the yard. That really helps with clean up, because guests will see them and throw away their own stuff instead of asking me where the trash can is.

Our house is small and we have little kids so we rarely do anything in the way of formal indoor dining. But when we want guests to serve themselves something from the fridge, we take almost everything else out and move it to our extra fridge in the basement. That way it’s organized and easy for guests to open the door and see whatever they could be looking for (usually drinks, including milk for kids who ask for it.) No one is going to feel welcome to help themselves if they open the fridge to see last night’s leftovers and or veggies for tomorrow’s dinner.

Also completely cleaning off the counter, sink, and dishwasher so we have space to dirty stack dishes to deal with later. We don’t do any cleaning during the party, but we have extra rolls of paper towels on the counter in case we need to grab quickly for a spill. And lots of extra TP in an obvious place in the bathroom, and Clorox wipes there too. And extra dry hand towels in the bathroom, I hate when I go to dry my hands at a party and the hand towel is soaking and dirty. [/quote]

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