Birthday

My birthday is this weekend! I've been semi-excited for it's arrival. I can never seem to do things simply. I always need a plan and it always has to be fabulous. This is most often expensive (even with all my diy-ing) and laborious. It also mostly involves my poor husband doing intensive chores when he wants nothing more than to play video games on his days off. I continuously force my creativity on him... he resents me a little, I am afraid.

It is always a hassle to try and figure out how to feed a gang of people on the cheap... We have this huge, overladen lemon tree in the back that desperately needs to be relieved of its burden before it dies of exhaustion so we are definitely going to incorporate lemons into every food we make. Rosemary honeyed Lemon chicken legs, thyme lemon vodka, limoncello, tart lemon cupcakes and on and on... My idea was to have everyone bring a side dish, like potluck style to ease the burden of paying for all that food!

Our main event, is going to be an outdoor movie night in the backyard. Years past, we did the same thing spontaneously on our front lawn and all the neighbors stopped by with their lawn chairs to watch Edward Scissor Hands on a warm July Night. It was kind of magical, having been pumped full of booze and food and snuggling next to your best friends under the stars. Too much fun. We are hoping to recreate the same feeling, only this time, providing a popcorn and candy and soda bar for our guest.

here is a little inspiration: