well it was a very enjoyable evening, as i knew it would be, once i had the dinner stuff put together. for one thing, although we didn't know the parents of her little friend well, we did know they were republicans, bc xsbrownie had bonded with the boy over being republicans, during the election. they are exceptionally nice people, and rather than just talk about the kids the entire time, we had great a great political discussion, the mom had actually been a political appointee in the Reagan admin, and xshub got to get up on his soapbox to opine on judicial nominations and his experiences in the Senate during Bork,Kennedy and Souter confirmations. we had kids eating in one room, adults in the other. a good time was had by all.
oh and xshub got his just desserts for the impromptu invitation, bc the storm struck right as he had put the teriyaki chicken on the grill... and he had to risk life and limb to monitor it...