Article: . Do this by vacuuming the floor, dusting furniture, washing up laundry and clearing the room of any junk. If you have decided on preparing your room, use storage boxes and position items in one corner. Make sure you have permission from your parents if you want to rearrange things in a room other than your own. It is important for the room to be well-cleaned as an organised and tidy environment would improve the experience. Put these with the mats. If people are bringing their own leave this step until they arrive. For sleepovers during colder weather, you could prepare heated mats. For example, get your CD player (or iPod and speakers)set up and ready to start playing music when your guests arrive. Check your gaming consoles and TV is ready. Such items can include hot straighteners or hot plates. Make sure these items are in a safe place before you plan on sleeping. Additionally, be careful of glass bottles, scissors etc. It will also reflect that you are a well-organised host.
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Clean the chosen room Gather some sleeping bags or covers. Set up your electronics, if you would like to. Clear away potentially dangerous items. Even if the sleepover doesn't take place in your room, making your bed and picking up your clothes will make the house look overall neater and more pleasant for your guests. If your pet is in the same room as the sleepover, you may also want to temporarily relocate them, or at least clean their living space to make the room more pleasant to sleep in.
Article: One of the most important parts of hosting a wine tasting is deciding what kind of wines you want to try. There's no right answer that will please all your guests or lead to a perfect party, but here are some suggestions: Sample different wines from one region, such as Napa Valley, Santa Barbara wine country, Willamette Valley, Rioja, New Zealand, the South of France, or whatever you like. Taste varietals produced in different parts of the world, such as drinking only the Cabernet Sauvignon produced in Napa Valley, France, or Argentina. Do a horizontal tasting. Taste only 2012 Chardonnays produced all over the world. This may be tricky to find, though. Do a tasting by one winemaker. If you really like Robert Mondavi, Cake bread, Stag's Leap, or Duckhorn wine, for example, try several different wines from this one winemaker. Sample only reds, whites, sparkling wines, or dessert wines. Just remember that dessert wines tend to be sweeter and may be more difficult to taste. You shouldn't be eating during the wine tasting, other than the bread or crackers that will be needed to cleanse your palate. So, you should decide whether you want to give your guests a light meal before the tasting, serve dinner after the tasting, or serve appetizers or dessert after the tasting. Ideally, some sort of food should be provided so your guests don't get wine drunk without anything to absorb the alcohol. You can tell your guests what the situation is when you invite them, so they know if they should come with a full stomach, or if they should prepare to eat. It's not realistic that you'll be able to give each of your guests a new wine glass before every new tasting. Realistically, just one glass per guest will do, or one longer, less oval-shaped glass for whites and a rounder, larger glass for reds, if you're feeling up to it. The glasses should have stems so the guests don't warm the wine with their hands. The glasses should be clear so the guests can see the color of the wine. There are a number of supplies you'll need to host a wine-tasting party in addition to the wine glasses. Here are some to get you started: Obviously, the wine. Pick your wines based on the theme you'll be going for. In general, it's good to have wines in different price ranges, from pretty cheap to more expensive, if you can afford it. Make sure that you have enough wine for your guests -- a bottle of wine can pour 5 regular glasses of wine, or enough for 6-10 people to taste the wine. Back-up corkscrews in case yours break. A wine opener. A spittoon. This can either come in the form of a large bowl in the center of the table or as small paper cups for each guest. An ice bucket for chilling white wine. This will keep you from running to the fridge. A white tablecloth or white napkins. This will help your guests see the color profiles of the wines. A tasting grid. This can help your guests identify the flavors of the wine and jot down their impressions. You can find some great ones online. An aerator or decanter for the wine. This can help bring out the flavors in a red wine. Bread or crackers to taste in between wines. Cups of ice water for your guests as well as a pitcher of water for the table. The ideal number of guests you should invite to a wine tasting should be between 6-12 people. If you have a nice big dining room table, invite enough people so that they can comfortably stand around it. You don't want any extra people leaning over the group and making everyone feel uncomfortable. If you really want to be formal and fancy about it, you can send out nice invitations or e-vites. You should try to invite people who have a similar knowledge about wine. If everyone knows almost nothing, then that's fine, but you want to avoid the awkwardness of having just one person who knows absolutely nothing, or that one guy who is Mr. Wine Expert and tries to educate everyone else at great length. You can host a wine tasting party any time of the year. If you want to keep it thematic, though, you can taste white wines during the summer and taste red wines during the winter. Additionally, since you shouldn't really be eating during the tasting because it will ruin the flavor of the wine, so you should invite your guests over at around 4 PM, when they don't want dinner yet, or after they've eaten, at 9 PM or so, though that may be a little late.
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Choose a theme. Figure out the food situation. Get the right wine glasses. Gather your supplies. Invite your guests. Pick a good time.
Article: College students are busy and will often neglect to buy essentials, especially if they're on a tight budget. Including toiletries in your care package will help make it practical as well as fun. Some items are universal: toothpaste, shampoo, tissues, and soap are items that any student will appreciate. Include some razors in your care package. If your child is a girl, include feminine hygiene products. If you child wears contact lenses, include some in your care package. Don't forget little things like hair ties and nail clippers. Cleaning spray and dusting cloth might not seem like the most exciting care package items, but buying cleaning supplies is the last thing on most college students' minds. They will appreciate knowing that even though they're not at home, you still want them to keep their room clean. Buy hypoallergenic cleaning supplies. Your child might have a roommate who is allergic to Lysol or other harsh chemicals. Throw in air freshener. Your college student probably washes their clothes less than you'd like. Air freshener like Febreeze can at least ensure they'll smell clean. Most college students live on a shoe-string budget and eating at the dining hall can get old. Grocery store gift cards will allow your child to buy healthy, nutritional foods. And because it's a gift card, you won't have to worry about them spending the money on other things. Find out which stores in your child's college town have the best deals. $25 might go much further at one grocery store than another. If you're industrious, you might include coupons for items you know your child likes, such as soda or frozen pizza.
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Send them toiletries. Send them cleaning supplies. Buy grocery store gift cards.