Happy birthday husband o’mine!

Most of you know by now, that my husband professes to be an ‘un-fun’ guy, he doesn’t like parties, he doesn’t like being the center of attention and he doesn’t like getting presents (well, he kind of does but only if no one is looking at him when he opens them!).

Today, is my husband’s thirty-fifth birthday, and, true to my yearly form, I do everything in my power to go against, every part of the paragraph above.  Last year? I threw him an 80’s fancy dress party, well – social gathering – I should say.

Quite a different ‘aura’ than his party last year, eh? (I also think my cheekbones are under a little less chub this year, but who’s counting 😉 LOL!)

This year, I threw him a ‘not-a-party’, it was probably the biggest crowd we’ve had in the house so far, and it was a definite mash-up of our two worlds, Schlumberger, and Choir.  Let me introduce some of the ‘characters’, many of whom you already know…

Since I’m having an uber fun birthday party myself this year, I decided not to ‘theme’ Col’s party too much, decorations were minimal, supplies came from the dollar store and aside from cleaning the house which took a while, (pretty much both levels of the house needed cleaning, cause we had Eve overnight and people were up and down the stairs to use the upper-loo) the party prep was minimal – and I’ll tell you, in one word why, delegation!

The mini-theme I went with, was ‘Col’s favourite food’, I divvied up suggestions to those who were coming who were keen to bring something along and I think we ended up with a very well ‘balanced’ table (and counter, and kitchen island) of food! I know, for sure, that we had PLENTY of food and plenty of leftovers too!

Food

We had a wonderful time at Col’s not-a-party, I laughed so hard that my ribs hurt, I sang so hard that my throat still hurts (two days later!) and I ate quite a lot of the ‘wrong’ but absolutely delicious kinds of food that I’m sure I’ll suffer on weigh in day!

One thing is for sure, if this does happen to be the last time we celebrate Col’s birthday in Houston for a few years (there’s a whisper that we may be uprooting this year), it was a great way to end our time here.

We have such wonderful friends here, so full of love, fun and always keen to sing a choon! I can’t express just how blessed we feel to be surrounded by such fantastic people.  It’s a real privilege to be able to call these people them ‘friends’ and to know that regardless of where we are in the world, we’ll always be tied together, by that little string of ‘crazy-whack-job’ that runs through all of us 😉