Birthdays, Balloons & Garage Bands

So, I began this endeavor just yesterday with no clue what I was going to write about but at least I was going to write. In just 24 short hours I have come across so many things to post/share etc. They all have a common thread - parties. Or at least the planning of them.

I think it is safe to say that I have been planning parties for most of my life. I planned my own 16th birthday party. It was supposed to be a costume party but hardly anyone came dressed up. Well, my cute cousin Deborah came dressed as a cat and all my Uff-da Aunts came dressed up in matching shirts and sang for every one. I actually don't think I even dressed up, but I did have a band in the garage and all of my friends danced all night! I remember planning my dad's 50th birthday, it was a surprise party, I made the invitations at kinko's or some place like that. I was so proud of myself - fun handwriting, my dad's senior high school picture etc etc, but I forgot to put the location of the party on the invite. A fun lesson learned. My mom's 50th birthday was a luau. I went so far as to swap out the lightbulbs in the house for blue ones and hang paper fish from the ceiling so you were "underwater". Don Ho playing in the background...that was no easy feat mind you. I think it was a cassette tape that I kept having to remember to flip over. My dad did the hula on the coffee table and almost fell over on my grandma - though that's a story for another day. Sorry dad.



Back to the subject at hand, me + parties. The tradition continues to this day. I am about to go get ready for Beckett's 3rd birthday party. The theme - green. Beer and soft drinks in green bottles, green tea ice cream & mint chip ice cream, key lime pie, Mamie is making GREEN guacamole, I bought green organic squash from the farmer's market yesterday along with artichoke hummus [really the best hummus on the planet. A company called Mom's Products. No website but if you are ever in Ventura on a Saturday...], green bio-degradable balloons, green m+m's and plates & bowls that are 100% compostable - not that they would end up in my compost pile. I don't even have a compost pile, but I will make sure they are recycled.