This year Howard and I volunteered to be on the decorations committee for his work Christmas party. The theme was "The Roaring 20's". Howard and I did not pick the theme, that's what work picked. (We were hoping for a Winter Wonderland.) Anyway...it turned into Howard and I being in charge and doing mostly everything ourselves. A few other people helped, but essentially I was the brains and Howard made everything happen. Howard worked so hard and did such a wonderful job of putting everything together, I'm so proud of him. Since we were in charge of decorating, Howard spent the whole day running around tying up loose ends, while I directed all of the set-up volunteers as to what they needed to do before the party. We were so busy that by the time the party started Howard and I were pooped. So we forgot to take a bunch of pictures and only 1 turned out decent.
2 days before the work Christmas party, doing some final touches on the bandstand he made.
Here's a shot of the bandstand Howard made. It has 5 panels, 2 wrap around the table, but you can't see them. The crates contain empty alcohol bottles. Howard and a small crew of helpers made 18 crates, they were put around the room for our protest against Prohibition. There was also a Model-T car, a beautiful mural backdrop, cute table decorations, a silent film playing on the TV screens, and tons of balloons everywhere. I wish we could of had more pictures because it looked great, but the lighting was HORRIBLE!
One big lesson we learned from this, if you want something done right you need to do it yourself. Unfortunately we had a lot of people who volunteered to help on some of the larger projects, but at the last minute either flaked out or did a horrible job at their assignment. I must add that we truly appreciated the volunteers who donated just 1-2 hours of their time on the day of the party. They may not feel like they helped a lot, but it's because of their help that we were able to get everything set up in time.
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