Karli, Anna and Cody all brought up the idea of a Dip Can party of some sort, and it also seemed like in class that most people seemed on board with a Secret Santa among us. Yes?
What if we got together to draw Secret Santas next advisement? Or possibly two advisements from now, when Mrs. Larson is getting us together anyways? The other question is how much we should plan to spend, because I know some of us have no personal income so that can get tough.
If we decide we want to have a party/reunion thing, I would be willing to host over winter break. We could exchange our Secret Santa gifts, Cody could show us his Shoegazer music he's always wanted to, etc.
SO WE HAVE MANY THINGS TO DECIDE AS A GROUP.
1) Do we all want to do Secret Santa? Anybody who doesn't want to should speak up.
2) What kind of price range should we set on Secret Santa? I feel we shouldn't go over $5 or $10
3) Do we all meet up next advisement, or wait until Mrs. Larson's mandatory IB advisement the next week to draw names?
4) Would everybody be down with an IB party at my house, or were there other plans/ideas?
5) What dates DON'T work for people over the Holiday break? This way we can try to find a day where everybody who wants to can come :)
I miss our class together already, and I hope this stuff works out! PLEASE comment and put in your opinions and thoughts about these questions so we can definitively plan something!
So obviously me, Cody, and Karli are all in to do a secret santa thing. Cody had expressed to me that he wanted to host the party at his house, but we should probably talk to him again. I don't think that gifts should be more then five dollars, this is more of a fun thing for us to do together than it is about the presents. There are plenty of things that are under five dollars to get, it would be more like a white elephant of sorts. I think that we should all get together next advisement, just because when Larson gets us together, we son't have as much time to discuss it, plus we'd have the juniors in there as well. While the juniors are great and all, I feel like this should be a seniors only event to celebrate the two years we've all been together. Also if we do it at someone's house it could be like a pot luck, where everyone brings something that way the person who is hosting it doesn't have to worry about feeding us.
ReplyDeleteOh I didn't know Cody had said this! I just didn't know if we were still searching for a place, I don't need to host I was just throwing it out there as an option. If we do next advisement, we'll have to make sure everybody knows! And I like the potluck and $5 ideas a lot, too. Thanks Anna!
ReplyDeleteWell it had mostly been a discussion between me and him the other day. He seemed enthusiastic and also expressed wanting to get out of the house more this winter. I think that we could remind everyone on Tuesday to go to the IB advisement on Wednesday. Do you have Cody's number by chance? He doesn't have a facebook so probably doesn't know about this blog discussion.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe we can reach him by phone, either. I have faith he'll check this page this weekend, though. HEY CODY! WHERE ARE YOU? WE MISS YOU AND WANT TO TALK TO YOU!! :)
ReplyDeleteI e-mailed him on schoology just to make sure he comes to look for this and gets to put in his two cents.
ReplyDeleteYO I'M HERE JUST STOP shouting. :-) I'm a relative Luddite*, don't judge.
ReplyDeleteI don't particularly care where the party is held, but I like my house even though it is relatively small.
I think a $5-10 range should be fine.
Food is always good so a potluck would be fine.
This should be discussed ASAP. Wednesday should be fine but maybe Larson's day is a better bet. We three can be a party planning committee??? Perhaps?
I'm glad that we can all share ideas openly, even about partying. Well, "partying" by our standards.
And I miss you (all) as well ;).
Well, strike that, my house is pretty sweet. I've got a big yard, we could have a lot of food, a lot of space, maybe there will be snow to play in, I highly recommend it.
DeletePS: I think confirming a date would be the most important component. I always imagine that people are out of town in a warmer place on Winter break, so we should figure that out.
ReplyDelete*Luddite: one who opposes technology. I actually am not one but I am notoriously hard to contact. Emailing me should be fine!
BTW my home phone number is 763-424-8773. I'm usually home or you can leave a message and I will call back.
DeleteThanks Cody! If you want to host, that's great! And I agree, picking out a day to do it will definitely be the largest challenge. We can discuss this and more on Wednesday. Yay, IB!
ReplyDeleteSo is December 22 the plan?
ReplyDeleteYup.
ReplyDeleteWe should also make sure we're on the same page for Secret Santa. To clarify: the intention was to give gifts on the 22, rather than some of you who are giving stuff leading up to it. That's OK if you do the latter but it may be an awkward meetup if people are on different pages.