I'm in full Thanksgiving mode. I have lists everywhere and plans for rendezvouses with key chef-players. It's exciting. Proposed menu (off the cuff, because *that* list is too far away and I'm nice and comfy under this blanket):
cranberry sauce (okay, not really at all - hubby gets a can and slices the icky goo inside)
green bean casserole (c/o my awesome sister)
broccoli casserole (this one's mine, and I still need to find my recipe)
horseradish carrots (nobody knows about this yet; I'm not sure if we *need* more food)
rolls
Dinner will be later this year, so we're stocked up on appetiziers:
crab dip
veggie tray
crackers
And don't forget dessert - one per person (because hubby's insane):
two double-layer pumpkin pies
one regular pumpkin pie
lemon meringue pie (for Mama; it was hubby's idea)
apple pie from scratch
tiramisu trifle (I've looked at so many recipes - we'll see how authentic hubby wants to be)
booze galore
Rogue Oktoberfest - a great beer I tried in Philly when PIC and I went to my friend Nick's neighborhood
It sounds like I'm deferring and demuring a lot to my hubby. I must laugh, though. Thanksgiving is totally HIS holiday. I'm good at organizing things, playing sous-chef, and doing dishes. He and our local matriarch can fight over kitchen butt space and the oven, and I'll just wash dishes and watch football
I'm back. The Convention was amazing, Philly was beautiful, and hanging out with new and catching up with old friends was great. Also, PIC and I went shopping at an outlet mall on the way home and Emily bought herself some clothes.
Kathleen Blake Yancey said some great things about Remix that got me thinking. YA author Laurie Halse Anderson spoke at a breakfast - she's hilarious and incredibly motivating. I got some good ideas for specific lessons for teaching at a community college.
Thanksgiving's around the corner and I'm excited. I'm making progress in "Doomsday Book" and listening to "The Witch of Portobello." In it, Coelho writes:
"Everything is worship if your mind is focused on the present moment."
Last Thursday I called the student union to confirm that we'd be using their display space starting Monday at noon. They made it sound like we'd be ready to move in yesterday. When my student showed up at 7pm, the other tenants were still using the space. I got fun calls from students and the boss. This morning I got to call and talk to a student at the union, who said things will be ready to go for us at noon today, and I left a message for the reservations director. She hasn't gotten back to me about reservations for rooms next semester either.
I've been working with our Printing & Design folk on a brochure of students' microcompany products. I have a happy-looking proof. All I need to do now is confirm with my boss that the pricing is acceptable, decide on a final number to order, and encourage P&D to get it done before Thanksgiving so students can take them home and advertise over the break.
Pricing confirmed - we'll order 1000 (400 more than we wanted, but we all know how profit margins work).
I set up my work e-mail's autoresponse message for when I'm gone Wednesday through Sunday.
Just printed out my handout for NCTE Friday. Many thanks to C & M for your input!
NCTE is this week! PIC and I met tonight to pore over the program, discuss what to do during downtime, and, of course, chat a little bit about our panel presentation Friday afternoon. Philadelphia, here we come. Road trip!
My presentation is ready to go. Just need to print it out tomorrow. My boss is having a guest speaker on Thursday, and I've arranged for a coworker to greet her.
Apparently talking to a real person last week about the display case and Making Sure we had it reserved for noon today wasn't good enough, so the boss and I are gonna have to take our written confirmation and kick some ass tomorrow. I'm not really looking forward to that part. I just wish people would do their jobs.
Enjoying Doomsday Book, though not as quickly as everybody else in my book club.
Hoping the mumsy will be able to come home soon. In the meantime, I've been enjoying spending time with my dad. And chatting with my brother as usual online and via text message. That's right - I'm with it.
I felt there was something of substance I had to tell you, but apparently I'm zapped of substance for the time being. I'll have my laptop and free WiFi during my trip, so if things aren't crazy (and I hope they will be), I'll have time to update. Hoorah.
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