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It's also my birthday party.

We're serving pulled pork, vegan soup, assorted chocolates, cheeses & crackers, chips & dips, two cakes (vegan spice and a Nigella Lawson vanilla), assorted beverages, and mini cream puffs.

I took today off - we'll be shopping, cleaning, and (hopefully) packing books.

Tomorrow we're hosting the Minn-StF Meeting. The menu includes

* Vegan Curry w/ Brown Rice
* Sweet & Sour Meatballs
* Carrot Cake

Then on Sunday, we have to clear out the master bedroom. Next week they're repairing the roof, tearing the wallpaper off the master bedroom, repairing water damage (if needed) and painting the walls, and painting the dining room ceiling.

It's going to be a long weekend.

You are all invited to my Birthday Party, which will also be a Minn-StF Meeting, starting at 2pm tomorrow, December 15th. If you need the address or directions, please call 612-822-0451.

We will be serving ham, broccoli quinoa feta salad, Vegan Spice Cake, Stonewall Pie^*, three different kinds of home-made caramelized onion dips, two commercial dips, potato chips, white cheddar puffs, brownie bites, raspberry & cream cheese pastries, dark chocolate covered acai & blueberries, mini-cream-puffs & mini-eclairs.

I do not expect anyone on my FL who is not a Twin Cities, MN, local to show up.

* A very rich concoction that includes cool-whip, Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk, and frozen limeade in its ingredient list.

This is what we have planned so far for the Minn-StF Meeting at our house on October 1st.

* Pulled Pork / Barbecued Pork Sandwiches (the hard part is done)
* Wild Rice and Black Bean Soup (this should be vegan)
* Anniversary Cake

* Assorted other munchies, exact mix to be determined
* Assorted beverages, including some beers and a couple of ciders (the alcohol is left over from Linda L.'s meeting, she passed it on)

3928 11th Avenue South
Minneapolis

Projected Menu:

• Chips & Salsa


• My semi-homemade Guacomole


• Veggie Straws


• Chex Mix


• Kirkland Signature Rice Crackers


• Three cheeses (IIRC, one mild light yellow, one w/ roasted garlic, and one w/ horseradish)


• Sweet & Sour Meatballs


• Veggie (maybe Vegan) Potato & Pepper Coconut Curry over brown rice (depends on whether or not I have any of caramelized onions done with butter in the freezer)


• Probably some kind of frozen appetizers from CostCo


• Assorted Sugar & Diet Beverages


• Maybe some assorted Mike's Hard Whatever


• M&M's - Plain & Peanut

We're still dithering about cake - Wednesday was iraunink's birthday, so there's at least some birthday party for this meeting.

mrissa & missista showed up first. kalmn showed up shortly thereafter with Pirate and Josie. A little while later jbru arrived with Tara and Teddy. There was much playing in the back yard. An hour later (maybe a little longer), and davidwilford & Erin (WINOLJ) showed up with Missy & Caelidh (sp? - pronounced Kay-Lee). Shortly after that bernesemntdog & kosmickitten showed up. chirosinger & musicmutt showed up with Kobe a little while after that. There was much doggies having fun, and monkeys being amused by doggies. davidwilford & Erin & Co. were the last to leave, about 4:30.

Everyone enjoyed the day (with the possible exception of Mac), and all the dogs seemed to be quite happy to be going somewhere where they could rest. I have three (mostly?) sleeping dogs curled up against me right now.

I'm going to do it again sometime - exactly when depends on what iraunink is doing when with the back yard.

jbru and I were both taking pictures - there was one more camera, I think it was chirosinger's. I'll get my pictures up later, I'll give a pointer to any others that become available.