Birthday planning.
Tonight I finally did something to have get-togethers for my own birthday, next week. I invited one set of friends for next Saturday afternoon through evening, 3 PM with no end time, my house, for gaming and hanging out, and I will make a big lasagna and a cake and various other food things, and ask Rick to buy whatever drinks he thinks appropriate because I'm just going to have water and I don't want to think of all the details but who are we kidding, I'll take care of it while I'm shopping for cake and lasagna supplies. *grin*
I invited a different set of friends for Sunday lunch, 1-5 PM; my plan is buying a sliced cheese package and veggie tray and small buns or something from Costco, plus either a second cake (because I just like baking, okay?) or maybe possibly asking one of my guests who actually runs her own bakery out of her home if she'd gift me with a cake, if that's not too rude, somehow. All these friends are the ones with kids; Rick has convinced me to ask Carmen to take Benito on Saturday, but I don't want to exclude him from my birthday fun, nor do I want him to miss out on seeing all our friends. This is a compromise: I like having kids around, I like having *my* kid around, and this way I get to see the most amt of people as possible in 1 weekend, without completely over-filling my house or over-stressing myself. Current forecast indicates rain next weekend, but that's a whole week away, and the rain could move either closer or further out. We'll see.
Now I need to wait for RSVPs, and also plan the timing for shopping and cooking, given that I have a rehearsal from 7:30-9 on Wednesday night, a ritual committee meeting for Thursday night 8-10 (probably), and regular life to manage. Hrm, maybe I miscalculated and should've done this all the following weekend. Heh. I thrive on time pressure.
Oh, and I sent in the form to reserve the community centre again for Benito's birthday party in May. I fear I didn't give myself enough lead-time on that; they might be booked already for the weekends I requested. Also, in order to avoid Mother's Day, I chose a Saturday afternoon. I am a bit uneasy with this, but I am pre-paying, and pre-buying food, and really thinking about what is not shabbasdik (sp? it's Yiddish, so no idea) about holding a birthday party on shabbat. *sigh* Having it at my house feels more acceptable - aha, maybe there's the rub. By making someone else work - the 2-3 people there to organize a few games with the kids - that is the objectionable part. Again, *sigh*. My other option is to have his birthday party at our house, and be more selective with the invitations. Also, I could take that extra step and plan kiddie party games at our house. Heck, I could probably make that happen with some dollar-store purchases, which would be a LOT less than the rental cost for the community centre. Ponderable. Luckily for me, I haven't confirmed that whole thing yet.
Brain-storming: fish sticks and baked mac&cheese for Benito's party, plus crudite, fruit, cake, juice boxes. Benito already said he wants chocolate cake with apples and cinnamon, so I said how about apples and cinnamon in the icing? Rick feels iffy about this, but heck, why not? Chocolate and apples aren't a natural pairing but I see no big deal about it. Cream cheese icing, beating in either grated apple and cinnamon, or perhaps apple cinnamon jam if I have some left by then.
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I invited a different set of friends for Sunday lunch, 1-5 PM; my plan is buying a sliced cheese package and veggie tray and small buns or something from Costco, plus either a second cake (because I just like baking, okay?) or maybe possibly asking one of my guests who actually runs her own bakery out of her home if she'd gift me with a cake, if that's not too rude, somehow. All these friends are the ones with kids; Rick has convinced me to ask Carmen to take Benito on Saturday, but I don't want to exclude him from my birthday fun, nor do I want him to miss out on seeing all our friends. This is a compromise: I like having kids around, I like having *my* kid around, and this way I get to see the most amt of people as possible in 1 weekend, without completely over-filling my house or over-stressing myself. Current forecast indicates rain next weekend, but that's a whole week away, and the rain could move either closer or further out. We'll see.
Now I need to wait for RSVPs, and also plan the timing for shopping and cooking, given that I have a rehearsal from 7:30-9 on Wednesday night, a ritual committee meeting for Thursday night 8-10 (probably), and regular life to manage. Hrm, maybe I miscalculated and should've done this all the following weekend. Heh. I thrive on time pressure.
Oh, and I sent in the form to reserve the community centre again for Benito's birthday party in May. I fear I didn't give myself enough lead-time on that; they might be booked already for the weekends I requested. Also, in order to avoid Mother's Day, I chose a Saturday afternoon. I am a bit uneasy with this, but I am pre-paying, and pre-buying food, and really thinking about what is not shabbasdik (sp? it's Yiddish, so no idea) about holding a birthday party on shabbat. *sigh* Having it at my house feels more acceptable - aha, maybe there's the rub. By making someone else work - the 2-3 people there to organize a few games with the kids - that is the objectionable part. Again, *sigh*. My other option is to have his birthday party at our house, and be more selective with the invitations. Also, I could take that extra step and plan kiddie party games at our house. Heck, I could probably make that happen with some dollar-store purchases, which would be a LOT less than the rental cost for the community centre. Ponderable. Luckily for me, I haven't confirmed that whole thing yet.
Brain-storming: fish sticks and baked mac&cheese for Benito's party, plus crudite, fruit, cake, juice boxes. Benito already said he wants chocolate cake with apples and cinnamon, so I said how about apples and cinnamon in the icing? Rick feels iffy about this, but heck, why not? Chocolate and apples aren't a natural pairing but I see no big deal about it. Cream cheese icing, beating in either grated apple and cinnamon, or perhaps apple cinnamon jam if I have some left by then.
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