It's class-reunion-committee meeting day, and the group will be coming to the Lovestead. So, I'm fixing lunch and making sure the house isn't too messy.
One never quite knows how many will show up for these meetings, but so far, they've averaged from 4 to about 10. Many have served on every reunion committee since our first in 1975.
I'm hoping I've planned enough goodies to satisfy their lunchtime needs. Mike Parkins said his favorite dish is Spam but that it really wasn't necessary to have it on hand.
I've looked through the cupboards for that one can of spam, purchased with another after our trip to Hawaii and Pearl Harbor last December.
I brought home a Spam cookbook and decided to try a recipe for our Christmas spread. For some reason, the spam skewers with pineapple, green and red bell peppers AND spam hung around for a while.
I do remember one member of the family taking a sample and saying it was good. And, of course, I kept sampling in front of others too in hopes they'd get the idea. I eventually threw a lot of spam-loaded skewers in the trash.
We committee members have done a lot of thinking and planning about the reunion in September but, like the committee meetings, we still have no idea how many will show up for the two-night gathering.
I've looked through the cupboards for that one can of spam, purchased with another after our trip to Hawaii and Pearl Harbor last December.
I brought home a Spam cookbook and decided to try a recipe for our Christmas spread. For some reason, the spam skewers with pineapple, green and red bell peppers AND spam hung around for a while.
I do remember one member of the family taking a sample and saying it was good. And, of course, I kept sampling in front of others too in hopes they'd get the idea. I eventually threw a lot of spam-loaded skewers in the trash.
We committee members have done a lot of thinking and planning about the reunion in September but, like the committee meetings, we still have no idea how many will show up for the two-night gathering.
My friend Helen has taken on a monumental challenge in coordinating an All-'50s Sandpoint High reunion for this weekend. She was still receiving multiples of registrations in yesterday's mail.
Bill and I both observed that many of those grads at her reunion have probably taken a cautious approach to doling out bucks for a social event where they're not quite sure if they'll still be alive on the day it's scheduled.
Bill and I both observed that many of those grads at her reunion have probably taken a cautious approach to doling out bucks for a social event where they're not quite sure if they'll still be alive on the day it's scheduled.
The predicted 100-degree heat for this weekend has added an extra challenge when nearly 500 SHS grads and guests in the 70-plus age group are expected to converge on the Bonner County Fairgrounds.
Hope they stay watered and that they enjoy the reunion with no medical emergencies.
Funny how reunion planning has changed as we've gone decade after decade beyond our high school years. We, with our 50th planning, now devote a whole lot more time to consider scheduling events early enough to coincide with our bed times as opposed to out all night's craziness of the first couple of get-togethers.
Senior memory has also played a more dominant role in reunion planning. It's vitally important to have at least a portion of the committee not entering the early stages memory deficit. So far, we've been pretty fortunate on that, but time is a-wastin when you get this age, mind traveling can happen at any time.
Some aspects of reunion planning have improved, though, thanks to the Internet and social media, as we can track down and reach a lot more people in a hurry----at least those who have passed on over to the Internet.
Many haven't, and they remained firmly resolved in the fact that they never will. So, the old method of snail mailings has not quite died out. Still, we've heard from people who say they've never received any information.
All fun, all challenging, and I've got a busy morning ahead, so I'll dispense with any more observations on the reunion planning process. After all, we have more than two months for a lot more fun stuff to happen. I'm sure I'll be able to share a story or two.
Happy Tuesday
Senior memory has also played a more dominant role in reunion planning. It's vitally important to have at least a portion of the committee not entering the early stages memory deficit. So far, we've been pretty fortunate on that, but time is a-wastin when you get this age, mind traveling can happen at any time.
Some aspects of reunion planning have improved, though, thanks to the Internet and social media, as we can track down and reach a lot more people in a hurry----at least those who have passed on over to the Internet.
Many haven't, and they remained firmly resolved in the fact that they never will. So, the old method of snail mailings has not quite died out. Still, we've heard from people who say they've never received any information.
All fun, all challenging, and I've got a busy morning ahead, so I'll dispense with any more observations on the reunion planning process. After all, we have more than two months for a lot more fun stuff to happen. I'm sure I'll be able to share a story or two.
Happy Tuesday
5 comments:
Thanks for the "plug", Marianne!
I'm thinking we may encounter some "mind traveling" this weekend.
Gee if you graduated in 1975 I would of been a sophomore, I believe.
Coffee is on
oh, the memory is great of what happen in school.. it is just yesterdays breakfast you have a hard time remembering lol
Clarification, Dora. That was the year of our first reunion. We graduated in 1965; I was teaching in 1975 and will be attending that class's 40th year reunion this summer.
Will horse ovaries be served at the reunion?
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