Book Club Combo: Dinner and a Movie Night

Paging the Book Club:

I need some input this week.  Let me know if you're coming, and what your vote is for the options below so I'm not left stranded alone at the movie theatre with nothing but highly caloric popcorn to comfort me.

I've looked up showtimes for Wednesday night, and the schedule isn't exactly working in our favor if we're sticking with our normal Book Club timing... so there's a few ways we can play this.  Give a holler and let me know what works for you.

The movie is at 6:30 and is two hours long, so we're looking at an 8:30ish end time. The only other movie time was after 8 and good night nurse, that would mean a post 11:oo bedtime and I'm just not sure I have it in me.  If you're game, let me know.  But I'm running with the 6:oo plan...

Option 1: Pull an early meeting and do dinner at T.R. at 5:oo then go see the movie.

Option 2: Slam a PB&J at home with the kids, then meet at the theatre between 6:15ish-6:30 and go out for dessert or coffee afterwards at TR or Coldstone or... [insert good post-movie restaurant here].

Option 3: Meet at Coldstone for ice cream at 5:45 (who says we can't just eat dessert for dinner?) and see the 6:30 movie.

Option 4: Meet at Jimmy Johns at 5:45 for a not-so-gourmet but still delicious and conveniently faster dinner then go see the 6:30 movie.

What I'm trying to say is...I don't think we'll have time for dinner at TR and still make the movie if we meet at our normal time around 6, and I'm tossing a bunch of ideas out there because I'm not sure when hubbies or babysitters will be available to watch the littles and we might need to fly by the seat of our pants this month and switch it up a little bit. =)  Let me know what works for you, and we'll nail down a plan in the next 24 hours.

Heads-Up: movie tickets are going to cost your first born child's college education, so plan accordingly. $9.50 unless you have an old college ID laying around or you have a grey wig and can get in as a senior. =)

Also...bring some book recommendations for May and June!  We'll pick our next two books Wednesday night!

All this willy-nilly planning for this month is going to give me a stomach ulcer.  I promise next month we'll have a solid plan long before the week of Book Club.  My sanity depends on it.

Shout out to *Pam* who will be spending next week in Florida!  Am I the only one wondering why she didn't invite the Book Club ladies to join her?!?! =)

Hope you all had a Happy Easter!

[Photo Booth!]

"I meant what I said, and I said what I meant.

An elephant's faithful, one hundred percent."

-Horton Hatches the Egg, Dr. Seuss

                 

We had a blast at Book Club last night! Between the pizzas, lemonade, Circus Peanut jello salad, and the fried Twinkies, I felt like I was hanging out at the Ringling Brothers' for the evening.  I may or may not still be munching on the HOMEMADE caramel corn while I post these photos....

Thanks to Trudy for the fun pictures, and thanks to yours truly for the crumby variety. I'll let you do the math. =)

Now Introducing:

 Rosie #1....

Complete with her bloody stake =)

Barbara...

Eat your heart out

Rosie #2...

[insert elephant trumpet here...]

Marlena...

Gracious hostess and walking disco ball =)

The Spec:

Thanks so much for hosting, Trudy!  It was a lot of fun!  And thanks to the ladies who made it out....we'll see you and our other chapter chicks next month! 

I'll be back with details on Book Club for April soon. =)

*Of all the conversations we had last night, the one thing I had nightmares about last night was the fact that my house might be full of lead paint.  You'd think with the bearded ladies and the red-lighting and the lions eating menagerie horses and the Jamaican Rum paralysis, that I would have been worried about something else at three in the morning, but lead poisoning is what got me! Eek!

[Circus Menu & Red-Light Warning]

Welcome to the Book Club Blog!

Hi Ladies!

I decided to put a blog together so we can communicate a little more easily and so we can have a way to look back on our meetings each month and post pictures. Plus, all cool clubs have a blog. =) The Type A in me is showing, but I had a lot of fun putting this together, and its a lot easier for me to touch base for Book Club this way.  Check back a couple times a month for updates, and I will try to keep in touch via Facebook and let you know when I've made a new post.

We'll RSVP and sign-up for menu items by commenting here.  If you have any kind of Google (gmail, blogger,etc.) account, commenting is a piece of cake, and if you've got AOL or another server, you can comment as well.  If commenting freaks you out, talk to me and I can make it less scary! =)

Now, on to business:

Book Club is this coming Wednesday!  Wahoo!!!  ...Remember to come in full costume or we'll have you red-lighted!!!!!  (And that memo comes straight from the Ringleader herself!)

Make-your-own pizzas & popcorn are on the menu for dinner, so we need volunteers to bring the items below. Stick a shout out in the comments to claim your piece, and I'll remove them from the list as we get sign-ups. I'll combine this list from Facebook for this month since we're transitioning to the blog for now.

Think "circus food/carnival"... message me or Trudy on Facebook if you need ideas =)

Munchie/appetizers-open
Munchie/appetizers- taken (Pam)
Salad- open
Dessert- taken (Brittany)
Beverage-taken (Lauren V)
Beverage- open

I think that covers it, ladies!  Hope you are all having a great weekend, and look forward to seeing you Wednesday!

*If you're interested, check out the "Discussion" tab at the top of the blog to take a peek at some discussion questions for this month.  We'll have the list at Book Club Wednesday. =)

Attention, Roustabouts!

In just a couple short weeks we will meet again for the GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH! That's right! Book Club is right around the corner!

For this month's Book Club, we would like everyone to arrive ready for the Spec! That is to say, we're going to attend Book Club in character of someone from the Book. =) Check out this link for a partial list of characters.

Looking at the RSVP'S, I think we've got a Straw House. For those of you who are a First of May, at our initial meeting we decided we would each sign up to bring an item on the menu using the event page. So check back for a menu list soon!

We'll see you all on Wednesday, March 30, when we'll leave all the rubes behind and hop the train for the Greatest Show on Earth!

*First of May – A rookie on the circus
*Roustabout – a laborer on the circus
*Straw House - a sold-out performance.
*Spec – a parade within the tent of all performers and animals in costume, usually at the beginning of the show

Book Club, Round 2!

Hi Ladies!

We had our first Book Club meeting last night, and now we're gearing up for March! We've switched up our Book Club night and moved it to the last Wednesday of each month in hopes of making it more feasible for those of you who couldn't do Thursdays. We had a blast at our first meeting and hope you can join us for Round Two!

We'll be reading Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen for our March meeting. It's a unique story and will be made into a movie soon, so we thought it would be a fun read. =)

(image found at: http://www.amazon.com)

Here's a link to the book on Amazon if you'd like to get an idea of what the book is about, and the movie trailer is posted there as well.

If you're interested in hopping onto our Book Club wagon, get a hold of Water for Elephants by March 30. On the 30th, we'll meet up at Trudy's "Big Top" for dinner and discussion!

RSVP here and then check back a couple weeks before Book Club to see the dinner menu and sign up to bring something to share.

Hope you can make it!!!

*For those of you planning ahead...our book for April will be Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall, Denver Moore and Lynn Vincent, and we will be meeting on April 27, so save the date! =)