Hornucopia 2009

Ok, here is the much-requested blog post, so there is easier discussion about activities and food. I'll keep the list of activities over on the right and add one for food, just to keep it simple. If you want anything added to the list, then comment on this post and I'll add it to the list on the right.

Here are the (constructive) comments that we have had so far:

From Mom:
we were thinking of everyone on their own for breakfast (cereal, toast, juice and cream chipped beef once)....

for sunday we r thinking about our holiday meal....mimi does the turkey and gravy ......julie and tony do sweet potatoes......jessica is doing dressing (can i bake the corn bread ahead of time and freeze ???) and mark can play the music - flutes or does he have a favorite food to prepare...pa is to do pie(s)........jenny mashed potatoes (instant?) and does jeff want to do his green bean casserole or be part of the mashed potatoes or the gravy.....whatever any one wants to do let us know and we will get the ingredients for their project....

the main meal of the day would be out while we r doing an outing.........dinner would be a free for all..........any ideas on this would be greatly appreciated......

From Jenny:
perhaps we could plan for 1 outing and 1 inning for each day. and then add an extra activity as time, energy and motivation permits.

For example:
student ice cream + dome building (plus rec center swimming)
botanical garden hike + bagel making
zoo + coin games
bigger hiking + ice cream ball

or we could write each activity on a note card, categorize them as "inning", "outing", "big outing" (put a symbol in the top corner to indicate), tape them to a board and then arrange them for each day. we could also weight them for '5 - must do' or '1 - if time permits' (put a different ranking in the other corner).

then we can have a family meeting each evening to figure out the night before what we want to do the next day. posting the cards also allows everyone to see and know what's coming so they can plan accordingly. (but no fair moving things around when no one is looking!!)

if you want to participate, you get yourself ready. if you want to sit out an activity, go hide.

and as far as food...i like the idea of breakfast on our own, since everyone gets up at different times. that will keep it simple. we can make a note card for the one cream chip beef morning and put it on "the board"!! oh, and make a note card for the turkey dinner too! :) then we'll have to plan for an ACTIVE activity (ie. hiking) for that day!

yes, put us down for potatoes and green bean casserole. i don't mind doing real potatoes (and maybe instant as a backup). if you want to buy supplies ahead of time, let me know and we'll let you know what we need, or jeff and i can go to the store while we're there.

regarding lunches/dinners -- again that can be planned based on the day's activities. more note cards for the restaurants that we want to make sure we hit!!

From Jessica:
I am definitely all for agile-ly programming our family get together. I too love note cards, though my devotion has been inspired through EFL teaching rather than computer science. Nothing like shifting cut up pieces of paper around to get a group going. And in fact, there is precedence within the Horn family generally - you might remember that we've done this at least once before that's been recorded for posterity (admittedly on a much smaller scale):




Do we need to start writing the note cards before we get there? Can the Clemson folks get a board together before everyone arrives?