UPDATE - 2013-12-08

Photos and a nice sound recording of us singing our regional song are now available from our TGIO. Thanks to everyone for making it such a special event! Special thanks to Ky (scrapacat) for donating a beautiful handmade scarf; for Steve (Whitey) for donating a really handsome handmade hardcover journal; and for Paula (catatone1) for donating a hand-knit crown.

ORIGINAL POST

Please RSVP by Dec. 4th--if you don't, you won't get individualized awards.

Please let us know if you plan on coming and what you'd like to bring (or at least the general category.)You can reply to this thread and MLs will update this post. You can bring non-writer family or friends to this social occasion.

What: TGIO Party
Where: Naperville Municipal Center Rooms BC: this is in the lower level of the center. Note you can park in the lower level garage since you are bringing something.
Date: Saturday, December 7th
Time: 11:45 AM - 3 PM
What else to bring: Don't forget your stuffed animal for the group photo!

Friends and family are welcome! You do not have to have won to come celebrate!

What to bring (foods and stuff)

1. main course in a crock pot
   1. KatherineWriting - meatballs in bbq sauce
   2. samcadams (Italian beef in crock pot)
2. main course - that can be room temperature (or will stay hot in your container)
   1. Fdahlman
   2. cableshaft - (Veggie pizza?)
   3. silverwolf42 - macaroni and cheese pizza
   4. teenwriter - small meatless lasagna & turkey on rolls
   5. CubFanBrian (chicken wings and ranch dressing.)
   6. TRRDEDEAN (chicken)
3. Vegetable side dishes
   1. Ajey (Green bean casserole)
   2. Katherine - broccoli withcaramelized onions in a poppyseed dressing
4. raw vegetables & dip - Grace Ludovico
5. fruit salads
6. green salads
   1. beachpig
7. side dishes
   1. fried won tons (on electric warming tray) NewMexicoKid
   2. deviled eggs with a kick! and bacon! - Saphire
   3. DianaArtemis(deviled eggs)
8. Rolls/ bread
   1. CtlAltTabby (rolls)
   2. Basil Cliffside (bread or muffins)
   3. writerbeeme (rolls, spread)
9. crackers/cheese or chips and dip
   1. ziplizard - cheese & crackers
   2. Lady Gao - a bag of tortilla chips and some store-bought-yet-it's-homemade guacamole and salsa!
   3. AnnaVanEast - Artichoke dip with crackers
10. desserts
    1. TypesetJez
    2. mochomito
    3. Dark Angel Bakura (but arriving 1:40ish)
    4. Lady Gao - M&M/marshmallow brownies.
    5. catatone1 - chocolate creations!
    6. Cee-Bee - fruit or cookies
    7. fishmama -creamy lime jello mold with pineapple,nuts & cherries
    8. writertodd07 - brownies
11. cold soft drinks in cans or cold bottles of soft drinks and plastic cups
    1. soda - Anastasia007
    2. cups, ice and drinks - DJRM
    3. cider - Roger Lubek
12. cold water in small bottles
    1. Kelly Duff
13. plastic forks, knifes, spoons - (have some, but could use some more)
14. good sturdy full-sized paper plates (make sure these are LARGE) we have a lot of food choices usually
    1. jen.e.moore
15. sturdy small plates (for desserts)
    1. KatherineWriting: have (from kick-off)
16. Napkins - have (some from kick-off)
    1. FinbarrMcG will bring rest

Who is coming so far & what they think they're bringing

• 2 - KatherineWriting & FinnbarrMcG (main dish in crockpot, vegetable side & big napkins)
• 1- TypesetJez (dessert)
• 2 - Sapphire + Citrus Siren (deviled eggs with a kick! and bacon!)
• 2 - NewMexicoKid (fried won tons) + wife (Nan)
• 1 - Squiddish ()
• 1- ziplizard (brie and crackers)
• 1- cableshaft (veggie pizza?)
• 4- TeenWriter & eganworks & parents (small meatless lasangna & turkey sandwiches on rolls)
• 1- beachpig (mixed green and kale salad)
• 1- catatone1 (chocolate creations!)
• 1- jen.e.moore (plates)
• 1- Grace Ludovico (raw veggies and dip)
• 1- silverwolf42 (macaroni and cheese pizza)
• 1- mochomito (cupcakes or cookies)
• 1- Fdahlman (main dish)
• 2 - CtlAltTabby + daughter (rolls)
• 2 - Cee-Bee + Bart ? -- arriving late (dessert)
• 1 - Dark Angel Bakura (arriving 1:40ish; bringing dessert)
• 1 - Basil Cliffside (bread or muffin)
• 1 - Lady Gao (a bag of tortilla chips and some store-bought-yet-it's-homemade guacamole and salsa! Also M&M/marshmallow brownies)
• 1 - Anastasia007 (soda)
• 1 - DRJM (cups, ice and drinks)
• 1 - KellyDuff (bottled water)
• 1 - samcadams (Italian beef in crock pot)
• 1 - writerbeeme (bread, rolls, spread, cookies)
• 2- fishmama + husband (creamy lime jello mold with pineapple,nuts & cherries.)
• 2 -DianaArtemis +bird7s (deviled eggs)
• 1 - Ajey (Green bean casserole)
• 1 - CubFanBrian (chicken wings and ranch dressing.)
• 1 - AnnaVanEast (artichoke dip with crackers)
• 1 - Roger Lubek (cider)
• 1 - TRRDEDEAN (chicken)
• 1 - writertodd07 (brownies)

43 as of 12/7/13 --10:25 am

Maybe:

• 1 - anobi (pops and cups)
• 1 - writingstudent (plastic utensils)

Can't make it:
CJEGV, cruelestmonth, midwestraised, Silira, Spellguns

I will be there. I will bring...some kind of dessert. I have another party later that evening and I'll likely just make two batches of whatever dessert I choose and kill two birds with one stone.

I will be there! I'll bring something or another, I need to decide~

I will be there. My current plan is to make fried won tons (appetizer with a hot plate), but I might make a dessert instead if I run out of time. Thanks for starting the thread, Katherine.

--Tim

Barry and I will be there. We can bring a main dish (in a slow cooker if there aren't too many of those.)

I shall be there! I'll be bringing cookies that are OOOOONLLLYY for people who have completed the Squid Challenge. ;D

And, depending on what others are signed up to bring, I can fill a second slot elsewhere too. Just let me know when it's closer~

I'll be there with brie and crackers.

I should be there. Not sure for food yet, but I might actually take a stab at veggie pizza. Been meaning to give that a go for a long time now, and there's a good recipe for it in the family.

I'll be there along with my brother (eganworks) and my parents. Not sure what I'll be bringing, though.

I will be there. I will bring a mixed green and kale salad with cranberries, sliced tomatoes, and some type of cheese(feta or bleu) in it.

Rats. I'm scheduled to work that Saturday. Have a great time. Thanks so much to the planners and those participating. I'm grateful you keep things going. I'll join in whenever my work schedule allows. CJ

I will come. I will bring something amazing. Any suggestions/requests for amazingness?

I have really fond memories of the little chocolate chess pieces... but everything you make is amazing. :-)

I will absolutely be there, but I'm afraid food is failing me lately. I can bring plates. :)

I plan to be there, but I have no idea what I will bring. I'll think about it and get back to you.

I will be there, and like so many others, I have no idea yet what I'll bring. I'll update when I've figured it out.

I will try to be there. I really enjoyed last years and if I do make it this year - I'll bring cookies or cupcakes/something sweet to eat.

I will be there. I will bring some kind of main dish. Not sure what yet, but I will figure it out in time.

Joe (Spellguns) and I will be there. I'll bring a fruit salad of some sort.

I plan to come, and drag Bart if I can talk him into it. I was thinking a spinach lasagna or some other cheesy-tomatoey baked Italian dish, like stuffed shells. If there are too many of that kind of dish, let me know and I'll bring a salad or something instead.

Silira wrote:Joe (Spellguns) and I will be there. I'll bring a fruit salad of some sort.

Great. I can't wait to see what Tim comes up with for Joe's certificate. Maybearch-nemesis of KatherineWriting. :)

(If anyone hasn't been following, he's been about 10K ahead of me for days, which I'm pretty sure has made a number of people very happy, myself not included.)

http://faces.naperwrimo.org/2013/naperwrimo.shtml

My daughter (participating in the youth version) and I will be there. I'll bring rolls.

Frances

Please add Cass to the RSVP list, too! :)

We will be bringing deviled eggs (with a kick! and bacon!). :D

Deviled eggs with bacon sounds like the most amazing food invention since macaroni and cheese pizza.

...speaking of which, if we need any more main dishes, I'll bring macaroni and cheese pizza (which sounds weird but tastes amazing)

silverwolf42 wrote:if we need any more main dishes, I'll bring macaroni and cheese pizza (which sounds weird but tastes amazing)

Sounds pretty neat!

Okay, I'll bring raw veggies and dip!

silverwolf42 wrote:Deviled eggs with bacon sounds like the most amazing food invention since macaroni and cheese pizza.

It also has jalapeno in it (but not TOO much). Brick House on Butterfield Road in Downer's Grove has them as appetizers--they're great AND sound easy to make!

Quote:...speaking of which, if we need any more main dishes, I'll bring macaroni and cheese pizza (which sounds weird but tastes amazing)

Macaroni and cheese pizza is pretty amazing. :D

I'm also going to bring this chocolate.. cake... roll... thing. I'm not exactly what it is. My mother gave it to me.

And possibly something in a crock pot since it looks like we might need more of that.

I won't be able to make it unfortunately. I have to work. Next year I'll have to remember to take some time off from work becauseI haven't been able to make a single write in.

Hopefully I can make the January meeting though!

- April

I will try to come. I can bring soda pop and cups, I think. I'm still a maybe, though.

I'll definitely come, but I have somethinguntil about 1:30, then it'll take me about 10 minutes or so to get to the municipal center. I can make a desert and maybe bring some plastic cutlery, if need be.

I'm coming, too. I'll probably bring some sort of bread or muffin.

I'm in! I can bring a bag of tortilla chips and some store-bought-yet-it's-homemade guacamole and salsa!

Also, even though we have desserts, the more the merrier! I can bring M&M/marshmallow brownies.

I will do my best to provide chocolate creations!

I'll be there and I will bring the soda. I had a lot of fun at The kick off party and it was great meeting other writers!

I will be at the party and I can bring cups and ice and drinks. Or just cups and ice if someone is already bringing drinks.

So sorry, but I'm going to have to show up late. I forgot about another commitment that will mean I'm unlikely to arrive before about 1 p.m. So I'll probably bring something of the dessert variety--fruit or cookies or something.

I'll be there, I'll bring bottled water!

915 words away from goal. Whee!

DJRM wrote:I will be at the party and I can bring cups and ice and drinks. Or just cups and ice if someone is already bringing drinks.

Thanks,

--TIm

We will be bringing the small meatless lasagna that first made an appearance at the kick-off party, and some small turkey sandwiches on rolls.

I plan to be there and I will bring Italian beef in a crock pot.

I will be there and bring Italian Beef in a crock pot.

I will be there and I will bring, bread / rolls and butter / spread and some cookies.

Can't wait. I'm so glad that I made it!

Holly - writerbeeme

I'll be coming and I'm bringing my husband and a creamy lime jello mold with pineapple,nuts & cherries.

I won! Time to celebrate!

See you all there!

fishmama (Elaine)

I will MAYBE be there.

Gotta make sure that I'm not working on that day!

I will bring plastic utensils if I am able to make it! I should be able to, but once again , I'm not totally sure.

Coming! With deviled eggs! And Bird7s

I can't think what to bring.But I will bring something (suggestions, please?), and myself too.

Katherine,

I was about to accept but realized I have to be out near Rockford area. Congratulations to everyone that made their word count!

I will be there. I will be bringing chicken wings and ranch dressing.

Ajey wrote:I can't think what to bring.But I will bring something (suggestions, please?), and myself too.

We could use vegetable side dishes -- something like green beans, (there is a microwave), or asparagus, or broccoli, or carrots, or....

Okay, will do: Green bean casserole is what I'll bring.

Ajey wrote:Okay, will do: Green bean casserole is what I'll bring.

Hi, I plan to be there and bring Artichoke Dip with crackers. See you Saturday!

I won! Yeah! It was a great adventure! I am happy I joined!

AnnaVanEast

Working overtime because the boss is on vacation. Someone please eat an extra deviled egg on my behalf.

Congrats to everyone. Have a great time and a great year.

Until NaNo2014, this is me signing off.

Hope to be there.

Will bring Cider to drink

I'll be there and I'll bring chicken.

Dave

I'll be there :), what do you still need that I could bring?

P J J Walton wrote:I'll be there :), what do you still need that I could bring?

(We have someone who is a maybe bringing them, but since she's a maybe....

If they aren't needed, Tim and I just take the extras home and use them at next year's Kick-off party. We do the same thing with plates, and napkins. It ensures we have plenty of the basic supplies for each event without having to buy them ourselves each year. :)

No problem! I will bring additional plastic forks, spoons, and knives.

To my very deep sadness, Silira is sick, so I'll be home taking care of her today. ~___~