Today was a great day for tying up loose ends. Not in terms of housework unfortunately, but in terms of other stuff. For example:
- Pinot had her follow up vet exam yet again, and the ear infection is *finally* gone! Woo hoo! She got the first dose of the doggie flu shot too.
- Got the remaining original picture files from the Munich trip today. Keyword tagged people, approximate geo-tagged, and rolled in to existing folders. Created a webpage for ALL of the original prints that will be unveiled later this week….to those in the circle.
- Booked a hotel for New Orleans – this was the cheapest, best rated, close to the French Quarter AND close to the start line giving a discount for people signed up for one of the races, and I wanted to book it early to make sure there were rooms available. done!
- Figured out our plans for Thanksgiving/weekend. Now I just need to convince Nick that he wants to do a Turkey Trot with me on Thanksgiving morning.
- Confirmed the Christmas plans with all the key players and everyone is on board.
- Finished and ordered a fun surprise. Stay tuned.
The housework did live to see another day, but at least we had a really yummy dinner to go along with the season finale of Greek tonight courtesy of this Onion Custard Pie Recipe. I have no idea what the difference between this “custard pie” and a “quiche” is, but I do know that this recipe was pretty darned good. I’ve started making a batch of pie crusts and freezing the dough so it’s ready to go at a moments notice on nights like this, when the urge for something with a crust arises. I’d like to think that I made the recipe a bit lighter by skipping the 1/2 and 1/2 and subbing skim milk, but the butter probably counteracted any of that. This took a bit to make, between the parallel (onions cooking/pre-baking crust) followed by the actual oven time, but the result was quite tasty and filling. Considering how much Nick was wandering around the house before dinner complaining that he had to tighten his belt to forget the hunger pains, one serving and the boy was filled.
Bonus points to those of you that got the Troll 2 reference. 
All our hard work was put to the test today, our day of 4 reservations in the big and small tents of Oktoberfest. The late night yesterday had everyone dragging for tent #1, though the food was awesome. Tent #2, our big tent Kafer, more than exceeded expectations…. We skipped tent #3 to stay at #2 as we thought we would. Tent #4 was a nice lower key way to wind down the evening. Late night bar with another mass and some pizza to say adios to those heading out in the morning.
It was a bit rough for most to wake up this morning, but for the 6 of us that got up and met up by 9, a walk around the Oktoberfest grounds 3 hours before the first tapping allowed us to see the already packed big tents….it also gave us, all 5′9″ and over, front row standing spots for the kickoff Oktoberfest parade. Beautiful horses! Met up with the masses at Hofbrauhaus for lunch and the majority of the afternoon before heading to the englishter garden to another beer garden. Late night back towards Marienplatz…. Getting up tomorrow will be fun.
work remotely. Took Pinot for a long walk. Went to the mall. Worked on some Oktoberfest stuff – big pamphlet that is just about done. Figured out what we were doing for Nick’s local birthday festivities (Troll 2 movie night!). Watched EuroTrip, Glee and Greek. I love being at home 
Monday off (I thought I was going to be at work on Monday! Well, I’ll probably still work a bit from home, but still…nice to not be stuck to the office chair the entire day.)
