and now for the afore mentioned party. tommorow (well.. technically today) we will (try to) throw a surprise birthday party for my dad. it is his 50th birthday and... i dunno what i was gonna say after that. sorry. anyways.... so yeah, we borrowed several pieces of outdoor furniture from family and friends and have hidden them in the nether reqions of our backyard from my dad. we have also ordered several catered food platters to be surved as well as balloons and wahtnot. it is a luau type of thing so.. we will have leis (sp?) and even some hula dancers (or maybe just one.. i dunno) it will prove to be a most interesting feat to pull off. as it is we have to surprise someone in their own home. as well as do all the preperations for the party without him knowing. and then we have to get him out of the house somehow and put everything up and ready while he is gone.. and then shuffle up to 80 people (not all will arive before his return from a carefully planned distraction) into the backyard.. more or less without his knowlege. i have no idea how this is gonna work.. i only pray that it does. he probably already has some idea of what is gonna happen.. i mean.. it is his 50th birthday.. so the fact that we have SOMETHING planned im sure has crossed his mind more than once... but im not sure he can imagine the shear magnitude of this celebration, or how many people will be here. it will be great. hopefuly. that is all i have for now.. i'll maybe check ba,ck tomorow to let you know how it goes.