Whether the 40th belongs to a husband, a wife or you, the plans start here: party setups, card and lawn games, cookies and cakes you can bake in your own kitchen, nail and outfit looks, trips worth the drive and presents men will use. One list also handles a 45th.
Giant foil number balloons that drooped before the first guest arrived are why this party blog exists, and a hand pump still rides on top of my supplies bin. Michael E. Cheney is the pen name I write under, and these days nothing inflatable goes up more than 3 hours before my guests arrive. Here's the whole balloon story.
