[chattyroni]

We love entertaining at our house. We have an awesome hot tub and the bar is always fully stocked. When you add in the darts and the karaoke, we have a total party house. I just wish it was bigger so we could host group parties! We have one daughter and we only entertain here when she is gone for the night. She's not old enough to drive yet, so we don't have to worry about her coming home unexpectedly. She's a very smart kid, and we are very open with her so by the time she is old enough to drive, she'll be old enough to understand why we need our private adult time. We do have a very nosey neighbor, but we are not ashamed of what we do so if she's going to nose around hard enough she'll just get what she deserves! I used to stress about the deep cleaning before people came over, but I got over that and if people don't like to come to my house because of the dust or the pets, I'm not offended at all. We did go to one couples house once and were very suprised that her kids were there when we got there. However, she was fine with it and they went off to bed on the other side of the house and her sister was there to make sure they didn't interrupt us. I felt kind of strange leaving and saying goodbye to the sister - knowing that she knew what we'd been doing, but it was still a fun night.