Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Birthday planning ideas

There are some individuals that can organize things better than others. I have always been an individual that can organize, plan, delegate and carry off most type of events from fund raisers involving several hundred people to smaller dinner parties. I think a big part of this is that I love to pay attention to detail. I have always been this way. I notice small details from what is in a room to what a person is wearing to what color eyes people have. I have utilized these skills to be rather successful as a corporate event planner as well as a party planner in my private life.

Since I have been an adult I seem to be the go to person when it amounts to birthday party ideas as well as ideas for anniversary and retirement parties. Just now my kids came to me calling for ideas for presents for dad and I am the one that have to advise on these issues. Indeed whenever I get upset at work my husband tells me to quit the trouble of corporate and take one of the many offers I have had from caterers to be their party planner. I have thought on some of these offers now and then; however it is hard to give up the security and income that I have from being involved with a big corporation. I enjoy getting involved in diverse birthday party ideas and other parities, yet I am a part of the corporation so I see the actual effect that my efforts of raising funds has. If I would just plan and arrange diverse birthday party ideas I would not have any on-going feeling of gratification that something great was going to occur as a result of my endeavors.

A few months ago my sister phoned me for birthday party ideas for her husband. He was going to be sixty-one. He did not want anything particular for his sixtieth birthday party last year. My sister has never been capable of surprising him despite all the years they have been married. The only thing I suggested her was on the choice of retirement gift in the past. Now she desired me to help her pull off a surprise party for him. I told her that I would have to think about some different ways that we could manage a surprise for him. I told her I liked the fact that she was making this on a year other than one ending in a zero or five because individuals were more on guard during those years. My brother-in-law is rather a hoaxer so I knew I would be capable of getting the assistance of many people to pull of different birthday party ideas. I have given my sister a few different ideas to consider for the event. My best bet will be also to find a special gift for my brother-in-law such as family ski vacation so as to surprise him. Once she gives me her decision I will get going with the planning. I am glad that I got a way to put my skills to work.

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