book club: extremely loud & incredibly fabulous

our book club might not meet quite as regularly as others do, but when

we get together you can bet your bottom dollar that it will be an affair

to remember.  our book for the month of december was extremely loud

and incredibly close, which movie i have yet to see.  i think i'm the only

one who really, truly liked the book, but i'm the one who chose it, and

i'm ok with that.

because the book takes place in manhattan, we decided to give our meeting

a nyc theme.  pizza was the main course, with anna's delicious waldorf salad

as the side.  karen whipped up some virgin manhattan's for us all, even

serving them in martini glasses (when i said it i meant it...fabulous), and rachel

jenkins provided "key"-shaped cookies that more than somewhat resembled

male genetalia, but i think that just added to the occasion, and oskar probably

would've taken a picture to put in his book, so it fit.

our numbers have steadily dwindled, which completely baffles me, but

i'm thankful for the other three who've stuck it out with me.

looking forward to our meetings makes my boots a bit lighter.