weekend

[cellio]

The mums the previous previous owners of our house brought us a couple weeks back are starting to open up. (It's a large pot with a bunch of flowers in it.) I like mums. I'd especially like to have them outside in the garden, instead of on a windowsill with only so-so sun. I wonder if this is an appropriate time of year to do something about that, or if I need to wait until spring. (Mums are perenials, right?)

Friday night was our first "learners' minyan" (something new we're trying). I was at the other (main) service, and turnout there was low because lots of people were up at the new service. It got lots of good reviews at the oneg. I'm glad this is working. (I considered going to it, but I thought it would be more important to help provide a presence at the other service. And it's not like I would be likely to learn anything new -- I'm not the target audience, so I should leave room for those who are. On the other hand, I know that my rabbi would be interesting to listen to on pretty much any topic, so I briefly considered going anyway.)

There was no bar mitzvah this week, so we were able to have a nice, leisurely morning service and study session without the rabbi having to run off. I like it when that happens. It doesn't happen often.

Saturday night was lefkowitzga's birthday party. It was a lot of fun (and it looked like she was having fun too). She (or her parents, whose house this was at) made a smart move: they hired someone whose job was to make sure food flowed at appropriate rates and the dishes got washed. Sort of like hiring a caterer, but without hiring out the food prep. I like this, and if I ever host a large party I think I will do this. It's worth it to not have to worry about that aspect of hosting.

Last night we hosted Sunday dinner. I planned the dinner backwards: there was a cheesecake recipe I wanted to try, which meant dinner had to be dairy or parve, which made fish a good candidate, which meant I needed a good hearty veggie to complement, which caused me to think of matar paneer, which meant I really needed rice... It all worked out. (Note to self: if you use the "soft" (fresh) mozzerella cheese in the matar paneer, hold it until very late or it'll get gooey.)

After dinner we played Hack!, a card game based on (if I have this right) the "knights of the dinner table" comic. This was either the second or third time I'd played, and I ended up playing the GM for the first time. Even managed to win, though I thought Mike was going to win with all the loot he was accumulating. (The GM wins by killing player characters, which is the antithesis of every decent RPG I've ever played in.)

While the cheesecake was baking I watched the latest episode of Andromeda. Am I getting more picky, or has this season sucked so far?

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Sure, I'll try to remember to email it to you in the next few days. (Bug me if I fail to follow through.) I don't have a functional scanner at the moment, so I can't just send you a scan of the page. :-) (The scanner is fine, but it can't talk to my new computer until I get someone to move the SCSI card from the old computer. Oops.)