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Give a man fire, and he'll be warm for a day!
Light a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life!
Cat's are food... not friends!
If you're going to fight, then fight like you're the third monkey on the ramp into Noah's arc... and brother, it's starting to rain.
You do have to be careful about what you do. You can start something that becomes expected behavior.
For instance, my wife decided that for Mothers Day, I should cook a nice dinner. She suggested steaks on the grill, maybe some veggies.
Of course, she already knows I can grill, usually I marinated with a marinade I make up, and any idiot can drop veggies from a can into a pot and heat them up, right?
So, I marinated and grilled the steaks, and did a veggie, but also did a pasta dish, and did fudge brownies for dessert. She didn't know at all about dessert until she was getting dinner.
It all came out perfect. The pasta was right, the brownies were right, or course the steaks were right, and you'd have to work hard to ruin a canned veggie.
Now, she would like that once a month, at least.
So, a word of warning for the Birthday Surprise.
Liberty is not a cruise ship full of pampered passengers.
Liberty is a Man-Of-War, and we are all crew.
lol. Not too worried about the kitchen aspect of it... I already do 90%+ of the cooking.
But as for the cleaning... point taken!
Give a man fire, and he'll be warm for a day!
Light a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life!
Cat's are food... not friends!
If you're going to fight, then fight like you're the third monkey on the ramp into Noah's arc... and brother, it's starting to rain.
If it's an outdoor shindig then turn it into a dress up party. She will never forget it. My family (running in the 40 ppl range at the time) would have an annual family BBQ, and every year would be a theme: western, caveman, gangster (as opposed to gangsta), Hawaiian, you get the idea. Customize party games to the theme. Even whip up some cheap I decorations (the kids would paper mâché boulders or palm trees. It takes the sting out of birthday milestones that most women experience, it allows everyone to participate and feel like a kid again, and it is something that she will definitely remember until dementia sets in in.
You could have hokey dollar store prizes for the kids to play for. Themed bean bag toss, ring toss, horseshoes, what ever. I can almost guarantee that it'll be a blast. Unless you are all sticks in the mud lol
Have to think about the dress up thing. Lots of people will be in bathing suits for swimming or hot tubbing as it is.
Games are what makes her family go around.
We have:
ladder ball
Bocce
Horseshoes
Antler toss
tether ball
badminton
croquette
and volley ball
And just got confirmation that her dad and uncles are bringing their instruments, so we'll have a live band on the deck.
Give a man fire, and he'll be warm for a day!
Light a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life!
Cat's are food... not friends!
If you're going to fight, then fight like you're the third monkey on the ramp into Noah's arc... and brother, it's starting to rain.
antler toss?
remember lawn darts? or Jarts as they are called now... Same idea except with deer antlers. use 'sheds' so it is only one side.
Same scoring principle as lawn darts...
in the circle stuck in the ground: 3 points
in the circle points up: 2 points
straddling the edge of the hoop: 1 point
Catch an opponent throw: 5 points
fumble while catching: -5 points
sticking in your opponents foot: Game winner.
Last edited by Sniper-T; 06-19-2015 at 09:49 PM.
Give a man fire, and he'll be warm for a day!
Light a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life!
Cat's are food... not friends!
If you're going to fight, then fight like you're the third monkey on the ramp into Noah's arc... and brother, it's starting to rain.
lol I like those rules. A friend of mine made a set of lawn darts at work a few years ago. All steel construction. I refused to attend that cookout.
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