my pink toes

So I spent the day doing my Chinese homework. The homework that I just stared at as very very little sunk in. Sigh. Later, I got to hang out with Shona and Jen and the rest of my bookclub as we discussed The Thirteenth Tale. Well, to say we discussed the book is perhaps a bit generous. We actually discussed a great variety of things, some of which were actually inspired by the book.

I came home and realized I had just a few minutes to record my Chinese dialogue and email it to my professor. I had to keep stopping, rewinding and re-recording because my cat was sitting on the back of my chair coughing up a lung. My Chinese pronunciation is so bad, I can only imagine what my professor would think of it when augmented by scary hacking noises.

So instead of writing something interesting, or delving into some of the stories I want to tell, I'll give you another cocktail recipe. A "thanks" if you will, for suffering through this NaBloPoMo and reading all the junk mixed in with the moderately-good stuff. (A friend at bookgroup said "You actually EDIT some of your blog posts? You spend time drafting them?!" Um, apparently not enough time...)

Ooh - and that reminds me: Monica of my bookgroup is doing the REAL NaNoWriMo! Go Monica, go! She is right on target and sounds like she's having a great time with a topic that she's been researching (!) and planning (!) for. You probably wish I'd spend a bit of time researching and planning. Sorry - not tonight.

In celebration of the season, here is my friend Heidi's Cranberry Margarita recipe. It is just not Thanksgiving with her family without it. And by the way, I'm having Thanksgiving at my house and am looking for a good autumny cocktail I can serve in a fix-and-forget-pitcher fashion. Any ideas?