During Sundays, back when you were still a kid and you lived with your parents, you always went to an outdoor party.
The party was sometimes held at your own yard.
Sometimes, it was held at some of the houses in your neighborhood.
When you were old enough, that was when you learned that the people in your neighborhood took turns hosting the outdoor parties.
That was a way of getting to know each other and just relaxing in the outdoors before another hectic week started.
Now that you are already old and that you already have your own home, you miss those kinds of parties.
The homes in your neighborhood do not care much though about the people around them and so they pretty much keep to themselves.
You and your friends have some get togethers at times but they are just not like what you had back in the old days when people would gather just when the sun was about to set and a barbecue grill was smoking hot with all the things being cooked there.
So now you are planning on having one and inviting your friends.
It was your way or reliving those memories and just being happy with the company of friends.
It is an outdoor party - your outdoor party - and you certainly want it not to be fabulous but a success.
A successful party does not mean that it has to be great - it just means that everybody attending has to have a good time.
It is pretty simple.
Just invite the people you want to be there and make sure that they come.
And when you prepare your yard, there is not much to do.
Just set out chairs and tables and the barbecue grill.
Prepare the food that you have to cook and keep the drinks chilled so that when the party starts, all you need to do is cook the food and just let the guests get the drinks that they want to have.