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Date:	Wed, 03-Apr-2024 3:57:56 PM PDT
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In topic:	🗣Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday Gabfest 🎤 posted by Antwon
In reply to:	We call our house the ________ Family Boarding House. posted by Sparky

one of the SZ posters who has family stay over from time to time...

Since we moved into this house in 2017 we have had 10 different long term guests... and it is not unusual when there is no school (summer, various other school breaks, holidays, etc.) to have up to 7 kids here for a night or three.

Whoa...I cannot even imagine having house guests that often <g>. Dad can barely manage to be civil for a 3 hour visit from family.

We also have had several of my husbands army friends,and their kids stay over a night or two during the annual army reunion we host or when they are travelling through this way.

What a cool thing to do!

When we know we are going to be having guest we try to have things around for breakfast. We will also try to buy chips and bread and sandwich things when we know we might have people here for lunch.

I've been trying to remember what Sis brought to the Airbnb when we all stayed on Edisto Island a couple years ago. A lot of times with Sis, it's not the kind of food she cares about, it's a specific (usually local) maker of said food. For example, I vividly remember her bringing four--FOUR!--large containers of chicken salad from a place aptly named "Chicken Salad Chick"; each container was a different flavor. I considered making chicken salad...or more likely buying some...but I figured it wouldn't be the "right" kind of chicken salad.

I should also mention my sister is (generally) very gracious, and I can't imagine her fussing because there's no specific food or no big meal cooked while she's here. She acknowledges that she's "terrible" (her word) at planning while on vacation and meals are sometimes missed because of that.

Often when people are here it is around a holiday when we are cooking a big dinner meal anyway so that isn't an issue. During the army reunion we let folks know in advance which meals we will be preparing and which ones we don't. But a lot of them will also bring food when they come... some cook it themselves and other let my husband cook it as he loves to cook anyway.

Now see, this? THIS is how you plan for vacation <g>.

When the kids and friends pop in... they know they might find the cupboards bare... and that I don't really cook. (I can... I just don't usually). In cool weather I will make chili or soup if I know a crew of kids are coming. My daughter will bring food when she brings her kids to stay for a few days... as do the moms of some of their friends when they bring their kids to hang with the grandkids for a few days. My grandkids are pretty self sufficient and can prepare their own food for the most part.

The one thing nobody can say about us is that our cupboards are bare. Right now there's plenty of dried pastas and jars of sauce, multiple cans of soup, a couple boxes of cereal, plenty of eggs...not enough bread now that I think about it (I don't eat a ton of bread normally...though I'm a BIG fan of carbohydrates, emphasis on "big")...a bag of potatoes and enough frozen foods to fill both the freezer above the fridge and the full size freezer in the garage (a large standup freezer, not some squat little thing). The only thing I try to make a point of buying is bottled water. Our tap water is...an acquired taste, and while Dad and I like it just fine, few others do. It's a bit metallic tasting.

I don't mind cleaning up after guests... but most people who stay here know if you want fed... you need to do it yourself or get my husband to do it. People are too picky about what they like and don't like and I do not like trying to please everyone's taste buds.

Your last line--SO true! I'm grateful Sis and BIL seem to be omnivores. They'll eat pretty much anything! Just recently, Sis and I were discussing this...I didn't know BIL hates olives. Hates them. HAAAAAAATES them. Like, if you order a supreme pizza, he can't even pick the olives off. Olives merely sitting on an entree taint the entire thing to his mind. He'll literally eat anything else though.

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Thank you--this was really helpful! I thought I remembered you being