Cottage good
Jul. 6th, 2005 11:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dagibbsI spent last weekend at the cottage with some (9) friends. It was a really good, comfortable, relaxed time.
I've been doing these parties for a few years, now, and this felt (to me) liked the most relaxed and relaxing one so far. A few people are regulars and have gotten to know how things work; Rayne as usual is a great help in keeping things organised;![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
con_girl and foms, with shopping help from ragnhildr organised one dinner, and part of another (in advance) and did the prep at the cottage, too, so I didn't always have to be worrying/planning the start of meals.
A bunch of gaming happened -- we discovered that, despite the small map, India Rails is a still a longish game. Maybe with more experience we'll get quicker. I got to play Traders of Genoa again -- I'd played it years ago at a con, and liked it, and have suggested it at a couple of gaming get-togethers, but we had someone at the cottage who'd played it and could explain the rules (thanks lj-less Michael), so we got a good game of it in. Also played includes (but is not limited to): Kill Doctor Lucky, Puerto Rico, Witch Trial, Dragon's Gold, and Kingdoms (Thank youjeffreyab for the gift of a copy of this, I was greatly surprised and pleased.).
The water was quite warm, probably the warmest of any year I've thrown this party, and much swimming enjoyment was had -- even I stayed in the water swimming for moderately extended periods of time on a few occasions. The weather was quite compatible, mostly sunny, not too hot, not too cold, and with one thunderstorm (and requisite power outage) for variety.
I seem to have gotten food levels mostly correct, not over or under-bought in general, though with a few specific variances that could probably be improved on.
Water consumption for 10 people for about 3 days was about 65 litres -- very close to the 2 liters/person/day that I used as my estimate. I'm still happy to over-purchase on this.
Supplies from cottage consumed, or wanting additions:
A couple to-dos that I'd like to get to:
I've been doing these parties for a few years, now, and this felt (to me) liked the most relaxed and relaxing one so far. A few people are regulars and have gotten to know how things work; Rayne as usual is a great help in keeping things organised;
con_girl and foms, with shopping help from ragnhildr organised one dinner, and part of another (in advance) and did the prep at the cottage, too, so I didn't always have to be worrying/planning the start of meals.A bunch of gaming happened -- we discovered that, despite the small map, India Rails is a still a longish game. Maybe with more experience we'll get quicker. I got to play Traders of Genoa again -- I'd played it years ago at a con, and liked it, and have suggested it at a couple of gaming get-togethers, but we had someone at the cottage who'd played it and could explain the rules (thanks lj-less Michael), so we got a good game of it in. Also played includes (but is not limited to): Kill Doctor Lucky, Puerto Rico, Witch Trial, Dragon's Gold, and Kingdoms (Thank you
jeffreyab for the gift of a copy of this, I was greatly surprised and pleased.).The water was quite warm, probably the warmest of any year I've thrown this party, and much swimming enjoyment was had -- even I stayed in the water swimming for moderately extended periods of time on a few occasions. The weather was quite compatible, mostly sunny, not too hot, not too cold, and with one thunderstorm (and requisite power outage) for variety.
I seem to have gotten food levels mostly correct, not over or under-bought in general, though with a few specific variances that could probably be improved on.
- more tomatoes/person
- more bananas/person
- guacamole makings: avocado, cilantro
- more humus
- more snacky items/munchies [note: I made a conscious decision to be very light in my purchase of empty calorie snacks, for healthiness of diet reasons. Would having more carrot sticks, celery sticks, cucumber slices and similar, along with more guacamole, humus, and similar satisfy this request?]
- sour cream
Water consumption for 10 people for about 3 days was about 65 litres -- very close to the 2 liters/person/day that I used as my estimate. I'm still happy to over-purchase on this.
Supplies from cottage consumed, or wanting additions:
- broken flashlight
- aluminum foil
- white/all purpose flour
- raisins
- second juice pitcher
- glass measuring cup that is legible
- new dry measuring cups
- a copy of Scrabble
- lamp oil/kerosene in case of power outages [or find out where stored]
- vacuum cleaner was broken/not working?
- [edit]pool noodles have suffered some damage, more might be wanted [/edit]
A couple to-dos that I'd like to get to:
- cutting and chopping the pile of logs into firewood [help dad]
- repainting deck: Rayne may help, ask parents about it, and about colour
