50th Birthday

I recently turned 50 and decided I needed to celebrate this milestone with Family and Friends. We planned to celebrate with a good old country 'twiggy' and have the birthday feast catered for with a spit roast and vegie meal.

My Birthday quickly turned into an almost week-long event. My actual birthday was celebrated with just my immediate family. Then visitors arrived on the Friday night and stayed through until Monday night, camping out in our backyard and paddocks. With a bit of planning and preparation the occasion went off without a hitch and without the need for me to do much else but enjoy myself.

During the month before my party I prepared by doing extra baking and putting it in the freezer.  I pre-made meals of pizza, sausage rolls and lasagne to feed the visitors. Each time I did some baking I would make an extra cake, slice or rumballs and freeze them also. I also squeezed orange juice and stored it in the fridge ready for breakfasts.

All it took on the weekend was to take the meal or slice out of the freezer, defrost it and heat and/or eat.

The spit roast meal was catered for by a local company. We enjoyed roast pork (with crackling, Yummo), beef and vegies with gravy.

Birthday cakes were made (by a good friend), twiggy was lit and the party started. The rainy weather we'd had on the Friday night held off and we were kept toasty warm by the bonfire.

Being a quilter I asked friends and family to gift me a fat quarter of fabric (this resulted in a lot of phone calls and strange questions from my non-quilting friends).  I am going to make myself a memory bookcase quilt with all the fabric I received.  I also had the guests sign a piece of calico which I can attach to the back of the quilt.

I am relishing turning 50 and I am looking forward to the next season of my life.

Ann
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