My Grandmother turned 90 this year. This wonderful event had to be celebrated so I organised a party for all her family and friends. The tragedy of living to this wonderful age is that you see most of your friends pass away - so sadly there were not many friends to invite - but lots of family.
I have organised several parties over the last few years, including my husband's 30th for 40 people and my mother's 60th for 80 people. As a result I have a pretty good template for parties. But the best parties take lots of people helping. So I took the natural course of action for the public servant I am; I held a meeting.
Well it was more of an afternoon tea. But it was great. I invited my parents, brother, cousin and mother's cousin. After some heated discussion and debate we had decided on a format, menu and assigned tasks. From this I created a spreadsheet and a comprehensive word document including a run timetable.
We were well on our way to a very organised, smoothly running party.
3 comments:
As a semi-obsessive organiser, this just brings tears to my eyes. A spreadsheet! A thing of beauty...
:D
how did the party go?
Yeah, I'm worried about the spreadsheet. That is so what I would do. And my Beloved would laugh at me.
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