On 7/19/2015 1:12 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> It was my wife's birthday yesterday and she had wanted a party. She
> looked after the invitations and my son and I looked after the rest.
> Holy cow it is a lot of work to plan a party.

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> It was not quite as hot as I expected it to be, and thank goodness the
> rain in the morning only lasted a half hour and then it was nice and
> sunny. The last time we had a birthday party for her it was blistering hot.
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> Maybe we should be thinking about hosting a pot luck. We can provide the
> wine and beer with the leftovers and not worry about preparing the food.
> The unfortunate part of hosting a party is that you are so busy
> preparing and serving food, and picking up plates, offering drinks etc
> is that you don't get much opportunity to socialize.
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> Something to think about for dishes etc. It is surprisingly affordable
> to rent. There is a party shop a couple miles from here and we rented
> two 6ft. tables, four 48 inch tables, 20 folding chairs, 60 wine glasses
> and 60 plates for about $85. We could have rented a tent, but a 10x10
> tent would have cost $175.

It has been a very long time since we had a party. Only reason is we
are not up to the amount of work needed to do it, as you now know.
Sounds like you did good though.

The rental cost is quite reasonable. My guess is that the tent is high
because they set it up and take it down?

My wife's birthday is July also and to plan an outdoor event is risky
with heat. We go to a restaurant instead. This year she will have two
dinners. I take one of my co-workers out to dinner for her birthday
too, but I'm doing that Sunday and I'll take my wife again on her day,
Tuesday.