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News
Looks like Bob and Anna are going to be in SF for Christmas, where they plan on spending the Holiday by themselves. Or at least with the not-quite-ready for prime time trucker only.

I think I can give up my apt. for lonely travellers during the 21st Holiday. Depending on how many out of town guests we have. Mine will sleep 4, and if i get that camper van...
--Nick

LATEST PLAN

Shower plans
Date and time: Dec. 21, evening cocktail party.
Location: Dave Dow's place in the mission.
Attire: Dress-up.
Rules: NO corny games, Gifts galore.
Theme: Baby on the Way / Winter Solstice
Theme drinks: Placenta (mulled wine), Mama's Milk (White Russian)
Goal: Shower Anna and Bob with love and material goods

Tasks
Nick and Dave: S.F. details-- food, drink, etc. (we'll share expenses).
Melissa: gift coordination and inventory. Work w/A&B on invitations.
Janie: keeping Anna sane and filling in all the many holes. The Glue, basically.
Mike: flashcard coordination.
Karaab: flashcard photoshop and printing.

AND REMEMBER! Mums the work to A&B about 1) Alphabet Flashcards, 2) Leni as Surprise Guest for the shower.

Plan is to send out the invites mid-November.

-----Original Message-----
From: Gregory, Michel
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 2:21 PM
Subject: Anna & Bob Surprise Present Thingy - Latest News

Howdy all,

A quick update on the present. First, a reminder that the deadline for
Karaab to receive your photo is November 1 - this Saturday! So if you've
been putting it off, NOW IS THE TIME TO GET ON IT. If you need to be a
little late we can work it out - but please, please, let me know.

Also, we have more letters than participants at this point. So...anyone
want to take on another letter? Or know of someone who should/could be
included? Currently, here's who is confirmed:

SF: Candace and Doug, Nick, Vinnie, Karaab
Toronto: Leni, Sophie, Pete
Montreal: James, Siobhan, Terry
Elsewhere: Roxanne, Marla and Jason, Melissa, Me

And here are the available letters: H,I,O,Q,U,V,W,X,Y


Mike



From: MM
To: AD
Subject: oh, and a quick ques

A- would you pass along jason marty's email address asap? I might be applying to the dept where he did his grad work. ugh, most jobs seem to be in the south. thanks MUCHO. smooch.

MM

Talked to Anna...

Tentative plan:

Sunday, Dec. 21, at Dave Dow's

Keep it in mind.

ALERT!! Leni Parker will be attending as special surprise guest- great news!

So we've got to get a date for this thing. Ideal dates for MSG and I are: Dec 21-24, or Dec 26- Jan 2.

Also, excerpts from an email from Janie:

Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: SF fête

dear melissa;

>
i have been trying to figure out a date. i'm playing with the idea of renting out my place here on waverly and staying in SF for 2-3 months so cannot pin down travel dates till i'm further along in that plan. anna is due sometime between the 9th (ultrasound date) and the 17th (original ETA) so I was thinking of travelling out there as soon after new year's as a frequent flyer ticket allows. does that correspond in any way with your timetable? maybe it's letting it go a little late, on the other hand first babies are more often late than early. (anna was due to be born on valentine's day and hung out in her gestation chamber till march 4 - i thought she'd never make an appearance.) anyhow let me know what you think about this. anna would like me to come out before christmas, difficult to foresee right now but not impossible.
>
to manage this event in such a way as anna and bob need only show up means not having it at their place. i'm thinking maybe it should be at dave's. i'm sure he'd be delighted and i could be the "embedded" organizer.

the one thing infant TRUCKER doesn't need is clothes. kathy mcmillan sent anna & bob back with bags and bags of stuff that noah wore once or not at all. the kind of stuff they're going to need is a bassinet, a proper carseat that will work in the cutlass, a crib (anna is thinking that will be a garage sale item), a playpen etc. i have some friends who have a 2-year old and are expecting another - i'll research this with them and get back to them.

more to come.

janie

Ok, RADICAL NOTION:

How about we change this thing all around, instead limiting the project to people *we know* vis-a-vis Anna and Bob?

So instead of tracking down all Bob's siblings and Anna's cousins, we keep the group lean and mean. VERY intimate. And instead of shooting for 26 participants, some of us will just double up and make two cards, or something.

So, new group:

Nick, Karaab, Melissa, Mike, Vinnie, Shivvy, Terry, James, Pete, Leni, Sofi, Candace, Doug.

Jason and Marla are even optional at this point.

What says you? I think it'd be much much easier and do-able.

MM

While throwing out family would make our lives a whole lot easier, it would cut out vinnie which doesn't seem right, does it? Having the "one generation" is pretty good - that way it's their peer group.

The names you have are pretty good. That's 24 so we need at least 2 more. Who else is close with them?

We need to get going on this alphabet flashcard project otherwise Trucker won't learn to read until she's 10!

1. Please help me figure out who to include in our little project. This should take VERY LITTLE TIME.

This is the list I came up with- including only "one generation" of family (so moms and aunts don't feel left out). But should we throw out family altogether and just have the circle of friends contribute? And who else belongs on this list? I went by location, and I'm sure I'm forgetting someone.

SF: Karaab, Nick, Candace, Doug
Montreal: Terry, Shiv, James
Toronto: Peter, Sofi, Leni, Ruth, Nigel
Other: Mike, Melissa, Jason, Marla
Siblings: Vinnie, Trish, Susan, Kathy
Cousins: Martha, Rufus, Lily, Sylvan

2. Please help me get email contact information for these people. But first let's take care of the list.

Shouldn't take long, if we're strategic. But people need time to pick a letter and get going on their cards!

xxoo
MM

Finally heard back. Operation Get-Contact-Info (for the FLASHCARDS project) is well underway. As far as I can tell, the BS planning can wait, but these cards need to start.

-----Original Message-----
From: Anna Dow [mailto:annadow@counterpoint.net]
Subject: RE: fête

Melle Mel,

Sorry we haven't gotten back to you. I've been sick as a DOG. Just enough energy to struggle through work, and that is it. Can I call you about this on the weekend? Bob & I have chatted a bit about it, and I heard from Karaab that the weekend of the 20th won't work for her, and my mum has weighed in, too. So, it's fluxxy. (New word -- I think I just invented it.) I'll start assembling a list in the meantime.

Love,
Anzo