I'm a bit nervous that everyone is sick of this topic by now, but we finally finally moved in to our house on Wednesday. ( details, mainly for my own records )
So Saturday afternoon our friends started arriving for the housewarming. We had about thirty people over the course of the day. P'tite Soeur made amaaaaaaaaazing snacks and a gluten-free orange and almond cake iced with "Woohoo New House". Parents and Granny dropped by briefly and mingled with our friends, and lent us some chairs and plates to help cope with the numbers. Thuggish Poet showed up in the early evening with his new partner. People like![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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pplfichi and hairyears came all the way from London, and ghoti and cjwatson and alextfish and woodpijn brought their respective small children to run around in the garden. atreic and emperor showed up straight off the plane from America, which was extremely flattering! redaloud, a schoolfriend I've always been fond of but often only manage to see every few years, turned up and I took a break from hosting to hide in a corner and catch up with her properly. I was super-excited to see kaberett briefly between other social commitments; somehow hosting them was what really made me feel like the house was properly warmed. rmc28 and fanf arrived later in the evening and kept the partly lively until midnight.
It was exactly a perfect party, really; lots and lots and lots of good conversation, and I feel really loved and appreciated because so many lovely friends were excited to help us warm the house. People have been really positive about my spending more time in Cambridge and it's really doing me a world of good to feel so much part of that social circle. It's pleasing to know that the house works so well for hosting that kind of event, though we'd worried it might be a bit cramped. And we're looking forward to hosting smaller events where we can actually chat to people properly, now that we're not spending all our spare time on moving house and now that we have a home to invite people into.
So Saturday afternoon our friends started arriving for the housewarming. We had about thirty people over the course of the day. P'tite Soeur made amaaaaaaaaazing snacks and a gluten-free orange and almond cake iced with "Woohoo New House". Parents and Granny dropped by briefly and mingled with our friends, and lent us some chairs and plates to help cope with the numbers. Thuggish Poet showed up in the early evening with his new partner. People like
doseybat and pplfichi and hairyears came all the way from London, and ghoti and cjwatson and alextfish and woodpijn brought their respective small children to run around in the garden. atreic and emperor showed up straight off the plane from America, which was extremely flattering! redaloud, a schoolfriend I've always been fond of but often only manage to see every few years, turned up and I took a break from hosting to hide in a corner and catch up with her properly. I was super-excited to see kaberett briefly between other social commitments; somehow hosting them was what really made me feel like the house was properly warmed. rmc28 and fanf arrived later in the evening and kept the partly lively until midnight.It was exactly a perfect party, really; lots and lots and lots of good conversation, and I feel really loved and appreciated because so many lovely friends were excited to help us warm the house. People have been really positive about my spending more time in Cambridge and it's really doing me a world of good to feel so much part of that social circle. It's pleasing to know that the house works so well for hosting that kind of event, though we'd worried it might be a bit cramped. And we're looking forward to hosting smaller events where we can actually chat to people properly, now that we're not spending all our spare time on moving house and now that we have a home to invite people into.
