Thank Goodness It's Over (TGIO) Potluck Celebration - 2014

Saturday, December 6th, 11:45 - 2:45, Lunch room in the lower level of the Naperville Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St., Naperville

Please let us know if you can make it (only those who RSVP will be entered into the drawing for door prizes), and what you'd like to bring. Everyone should:

• feel free to invite your friends and family;
• bring a stuffed animal for the group photo;

• NEW: Please bring a piece of paper with a short excerpt of at least ten words, and not more than twenty-five, from a book you really like. This will be used in an icebreaker. (And if you forget to bring one, youll have to use the spares that are available.)

• bring yourLibrary Crawl cards to be entered into the raffle; write your name on the back of each one (we'll be using them directly in the raffle; and you can retrieve them from the cauldron afterwards if you want them as keepsakes)
  
  
• and if there are musicians among you, consider bringing your instrument to help us with our regional song.

If you're aren't sure what to bring, we can probably use non-meat main and side dishes.

Attending (53)

main dishes

• KatherineWriting + FinbarrMcG - bbq meatballs & vegetarian lasagna &asparagus
• NewMexicoKid + wife (Nan), main dish (fried wontons)
• Kat's Meow - chili
• Tink 5050 - chicken/pasta salad
• FredDuck - planning to bring a main course with meat in it, that vegetarians cannot eat or even look at. It will probably have lots of meat and noodles (not made of meat). Maybe one of those crock pot doohickeys (what a crock).
• TeenWriter + brother + parents + small turkey sandwiches + mostaccioli
  
  
• Cee-Bee + Bart + falafel, pita and hummus from Naf Naf
• cableshaft + mini-sandwiches, maybe chicken salad
• DJRM + dad + a main dish or a side dish of some kind

appetizers, salads, side dishes

• Pen vs. Sword - something side dishy. Baked beans and/or cornbread muffins.
• CJEGV - tossed salad
• Anastasia007 - vegetables & dip
• Anobi - fruit salad
• fishmama + Allan - hot crab meat appetizer
• DianaArtemis + bird7s and some deviled eggs

breads

• Judy Blue Eyes + husband, homemade cookies and bread
• Luke1133 - cheese & crackers
• fredandginger35 with Mom - soft pretzels, basically, rolls
• Gina Fugate - bread / rolls or crackers and some sort of spread
• CtrlAltTabby + daughter - We'll bring rolls of some sort

desserts

• PBJ63010 - Turtle Pretzles
• TypesetJez - homemade cookies
• Basil Cliffside - bread or cookies
  
  
  
• Tree @ Home - cookies
• RLShepherd - pie for dessert
• silverwolf42 - some kind of dessert
• TRRDEDEAN - some kind of dessert
• writerbeeme - dessert

drinks

• IAmChristinaG - coke/sprite
• barblipkin - cans of diet soda
• callalily05 - some type of drinks
• samcadams - box of coffee

plates, cups, utensils

• Phoenix Autumn - full-sized plates
• P J J Walton - plastic knives, forks and spoons
• Whitey - plates and cups
• KatherineWriting - napkins

not yet specified

• writertodd07 - whatever my wife tells me to bring
• CrankyBolt + something related to something edible of some sort
• SarahK06
• TogetherAgain
• Gypsi + daughter Rowan (YWP participant) - something yummy

Maybe (4ish)

• mochomito - cookies
• jen.e.moore + friends - something

I am definitely coming, maybe with Nan (my wife). Will bring a main dish of some sort (thinking fried won tons, but may do something else).

I plan to come to the TGIO party. Will bring cookies and some bread. Homemade. I'll invite my husband too.

Should be fun!

I'll be there! I'll bring the full sized paper plates. Someone has to bring the plates. So that someone will be me.

I requested off work so I wouldn't miss this one. I was trhinking I could bring Chilli :)

I'm in and will bring a tossed salad so we can get our vitamins. CJEGV

I get to come!!!!! YAY! I'll bring Turtle Pretzlesif that's ok with everyone.

Alright, looks like I got my work weekend switched, so I will be there. I'll bring cookies again. Everyone liked the cookies so much last time, so I'll be sure to make more this time!

I'll be there and I will bring the vegetables and dip!

I will be there and I'll provide the cutlery, plenty of plastic Knives, Forks, and Spoons! CHECK!

I will be there with cheese and crackers. And a smile!

I think I'll bring meatballs in bbq sauce.

But me down as maybe, I'll bring cookies. Hope it doesn't rain or snow.

I'll be there and will be bringing some sort of bread or cookies!

I really want to come, but that's the only weekend my friends from out of state can visit - I'll see if I can drag them along for lunch, and if so, I'll bring something tasty, but don't count on me. :(

I'll be there!

And I guess I'll bring the pop, although I am unsure whether it will be bottles&cups or cans. However, it will probably be Coke and Sprite, because who doesn't like those?

I can bring a side dish, i have a fun recipe for a chicken/pasta salad. Yum! See you then!

I would like to come. I'll try to bring a fruit salad of some kind.

I'm hoping to be there since I couldn't make it to the kick off party! I'll bring something tasty and will add it to this comment when I 100% figure out what it's going to be, but let's be honest, it's probably gonna be cookies.

I'm coming! Will bring a hot crab meat appetizer with crackers. Allan is coming, too. We are both looking forward to it. See you all soon.

I well be there, & we'll bring cans of diet soda.

Coming with my Mom. Will bring soft pretzels, basically, rolls.

Ed says he will go if he finishes the last7,902 in the next two days. Being that he is extremely lazy, he does not know if this is the case.

He is planning to bring a main course with meat in it, that vegetarians cannot eat or even look at. It will probably have lots of meat and noodles (not made of meat). Maybe one of those crock pot doohickeys (what a crock).

Additionally, he is surprised there was a Write-In at IPPL yesterday but that's okay because he took over the entire meeting room at WPL instead. Mwahaha.

He regrets to inform you that he doesn't know any musicians.

This message of 133words totally counts towards the 7,902. Tra la la la la-di-dah-di-dum. Hyphenated words only count as one. Hewill remember this.

I will be there for a while. I will bring whatever my wife tells me to bring.

I'll more than likely be there. I'll bring something side dishy. Baked beans and/or cornbread muffins.

I will be coming, along with my brother and parents. We will bring small turkey sandwiches.

I SHOULD be able to come. I'll know more that particular day. If I do, I'll bring something related to something edible of some sort.

Addendum: I will also be bringing mostaccioli.

I will bring some plates and cups.

I will be coming although I'll be a bit late for sure. I can bring a pie for dessert.

I'm going to try to come. I'll bring some type of drinks if I can.

I'll be there and I'll bring bread / rolls or crackers and some sort of spread

I'll most probably be there with bird7s and some deviled eggs

Good news. Even though local counter said 50,100 words, NaNo counter said "no, is only 49,504 words ha ha ha puny human" butwas able to make up difference in only three hours not necessarily by copying and pasting parts of " la recherche du temps perdu" into manuscript at random key points. So is more good news that will be cooking but bad news is no one leaves until is all gone.

HOORAY! I got off of work, which means that I can go! And, like, actually be there on time. I'm very happy! YAY!

I plan on attending and will bring a box of coffee.

I didn't participate this year, but my daughter did, and hit her word goal of 10,800. She has informed me that we're going to the TGIO party again. :) We'll bring rolls of some sort.

Frances

I will be there. I'm thinking I'll bring mini-sandwiches, maybe chicken salad.

I am trying to see if someone can switch shifts at work but so far no luck. How late can I rsvp?

thegrinch wrote:I am trying to see if someone can switch shifts at work but so far no luck. How late can I rsvp?

I hope to do most of the certificates tomorrow night; I might be able to do a few on Friday. Of course, people can RSVP any time and come; but things that take preparation like the certificates might not be ready if you respond on Saturday. The best thing to do if you might be able to come is just say maybe now.

--Tim

I will be there with some kind of dessert!

I will be at the party and I might bring my dad with me. I will probably either bring a main dish or a side dish of some kind.

I'll bring some kind of dessert.

Dave

AKA TRRDEDEAN

My daughter, Rowan, and I are coming; Rowan participated via the YWP. I am not yet sure what we will bring, but it will be yummy!

Gypsi wrote:My daughter, Rowan, and I are coming; Rowan participated via the YWP. I am not yet sure what we will bring, but it will be yummy!

Please NaNoMail me your daughter's username, novel title and word count and I'll make her a certificate too.

I will be there and I will bring dessert items.

holly coop (writerbeeme)

I have bought six bottles of pop (2 coke, 1 diet coke, 2 sprite, 1 root beer) and I have found some cups to bring, as well. Should I maybe go back and snag a few more??

IAmChristinaG wrote:I have bought six bottles of pop (2 coke, 1 diet coke, 2 sprite, 1 root beer) and I have found some cups to bring, as well. Should I maybe go back and snag a few more??

Maybe--looks like we will have 53 people definite 4 possible at this point; I would guess that maybe half will be drinking pop?

--Tim

I'll make a second stop and get a couple more, then. Good thing they're on sale!

Update: I bought a few Mug Root Beers (2), Strawberry Crush, Mellow Yellow, and another one I can't remember. So 11 bottles of pop total from me, which should cover a good amount of people? I have never bought pop for 50. Ehehe.

IAmChristinaG wrote:I'll make a second stop and get a couple more, then. Good thing they're on sale! Update: I bought a few Mug Root Beers (2), Strawberry Crush, Mellow Yellow, and another one I can't remember. So 11 bottles of pop total from me, which should cover a good amount of people? I have never bought pop for 50. Ehehe.

Thanks, Christina!

In addition to what else you are bringing to contribute to the TGIO, here is a quick last minute reminder:

• bring a stuffed animal for the group photo;

• NEW: Please bring a piece of paper with a short excerpt of at least ten words, and not more than twenty-five, from a book you really like. This will be used in an icebreaker. (And if you forget to bring one, youll have to use the spares that are available.)

• bring yourLibrary Crawl cards to be entered into the raffle; NEW: write your name on the back of each one (we'll be using them directly in the raffle; and you can retrieve them from the cauldron afterwards if you want them as keepsakes)
• and if there are musicians among you, consider bringing your instrument to help us with our regional song.

Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!

I'll be there. But, I'm taking my parents. I wasn't sure if they wanted to go, but it looks like they do. I just need to get up early enough. :)

Thanks to everyone who came out for our TGIO! Here is the report with pictures and video!

--Tim