@becsbuddy, Thank you for your response, Becky. No! This was not the best friend's daughter (also from Denver who remains in the house here with one daughter and 2 dogs) who continues to cause so much unpredictable and unnecessary grief. My invite was for one of the great guy's daughter's who travelled from Denver for a visit and him and their precious Yorkie.

It was great fun to "dress up the table" with colorful tableware and presentation and the visit with these two was a grand diversion I'd been looking forward to. An anecodote that was really hilarious is that I'd called my friend to leave a message about time to come because a cousin was also invited. Instead of calling the guy's cell #, I'd left a message on my best friend's cell # which is only one digit different. In the message, I said I'd be calling the house phone but if the disruptive daughter, T. answered, I'd be hanging up. My friend's cell had been given to the troublesome daughter who listened to my message. We Know this because she gave Fred an envelope containing some of the notes and letters I'd written my friend over the past two years to return to me. They were trying to figure out how "she knew" they were coming over...Turns out, I'd left a message on the Wrong cell and she'd heard it! We had a wonderful visit and solving the mystery was worth a laugh too for all of us!