Super Bowl Sunday

It's a couple weeks late, but here are the lessons I learned from hosting a Super Bowl party:

1. If your team is playing the Super Bowl, do not host a party of non-fans. Guests will come late, leave early, and try to talk to you.
2. Don't use the honor system for the football pool. Despite everyone's best intentions, there will be problems.
3. If it's not a potluck meal, it will still be a potluck meal. Don't cook too much.
4. Tacos are not the most party friendly food. Move the carpet before serving.
5. Taco fixin' leftovers make a great, healthy soup. (I added leftover chicken, tomatoes, beans, tomatillo, and salsa to some chicken broth and taco sauce. Yum.)
6.  Don't expect to see much of the game. As mentioned, guests come and go and, also, the mountain of accumulated plates, dishes, and pots will not wash themselves.
7. Beer-laden husbands aren't a tremendous amount of help.
8. Dogs cannot and will not resist temptation.
9. After a loss, guests clear out fast. But before they go, they'll want a good luck at how you're taking it.
10. An early night does not take the sting out of a loss.
11. Sometimes it's good to miss most of the game.

Maybe next year, Steelers. One thing I can guarantee: I'll be at someone else's house.