Dinner for 10

Wow, I had a few friends over last night and we had a fantastic time. Normally my husband will cook and I do the cleaning. Not so yesturday, he had to work a 12 hour shift. I got up at 9am, did some shopping at Sams and Bruno's, came home and had the sauce simmering by noon. I cleaned the entire apartment, made spinach manicotti, and sangria by 5 pm. My timing was perfect, everyone ohh'd and ahh'd over my homemade vegetarian sauce. All of us had a great time, some had too much wine but everything was perfect. I was Bree Van De Kamp a la Desperate Housewives, my party was perfect and my husband was not only proud but mostly shocked I was able to pull the whole evening off with out any of his help at all. I was one woman army with a recipe and a dream.