OKTOBERFEST IN JANUARY FOR A GOOD CAUSE

Why Oktoberfest in January ?
I`m not late or early but right on schedule actually.
Every year the school organizes an auction where prizes are offered by the teachers or put for auction for the students.
There are usually around 35 prizes in all.
Students buy a 25 cent ticket for a chance to win a prize of their choice.
I had put for auction a typical German meal at my house with Pierre, my bud Paul ( history teacher ) and myself.
The winner could bring a friend.
It so happens that a student from Intensive English won. I taught her in Sec.2 and 4 and is now in Sec.5.
So Karine won and she is bringing Fannie ( another very familiar face from Intensive).
The date is set for Friday January 18th, 5: 00 p.m.
This Friday.
As I`m writing, I`m listening to German drinking music and am thirsty all of a sudden...
Anyway, back to the subject.
We have at school an exchange student this year in Intensive.
Her name`s Marina.
Where is she from : Germany!
Guess who`s coming to dinner too ?
Actually, she`ll help me because as you know, I can not, will not, would never ever cook.
Then why for the love of God did I put a meal up for auction ?
The cause: all the proceeds went to charity. At Jean Nicolet School : we care.
And I relied totally on Pierre as my cook who had no idea I had put this up for auction in the first place.
Hey, I like to live dangerously.
So Maryna will help me out with the meal .
What`s on the menu : paté de foie gras, bagette,pumpernickel bread, pork with a very heavy gravy, something I can not pronounce nor spell ( where`s Marina when you need her ? ), apple pancakes and apple cheesecake torte ( I`ll make it myself the night before ) as dessert. Etc...
Sorry, no beer or German wine.
German WHINE I can do though .
Rosie ( my daughter ) just yelled I should have listened to THIS music today ( German beer drinking music ).
I was house cleaning all day and I need LOUD music to get the job done. Funny how German drinking music never popped up as a music of choice for cleaning.
I would have taken way too many breaks .....
Anyways, you can`t air guitar to this kind of music. It has one purpose : make people drink.

Is it just me or is it too quiet after the Christmas holiday? I`m bored.
I miss the action, the fun, people, the food, the ... everything.
I`m so bored I`m actually considering going shopping as a distraction tomorrow. You heard me.
Am I bored or what . I`ll bring Rosie along, it`s never boring with her . And SHE likes shopping.
It`ll probably end like the last time : didn`t buy a thing for myself because there were way too many people but bought loads of stuff for the kids.
That`s shopping when you have kids.

So on this, I`ll try to go entertain myself by knitting ( I don`t knit ) or reading or better, my favorite pastime : bug the living daylights out of Pierre.
Hey, I like to live dangerously....

Countdown : 3 months before the Mustang finally gets out of the garage .
Oh I forgot to mention she has a name now : Metallicar. She`s silver.
I know, I forgot to take my meds again.
Jean Coutu, here I come.

Maybe I could wash her again since I have so much time on my hands at the moment.

Tata,
Annie