I'm glad it's Friday. I need to catch up on sleep and make a shitload of jewelry. Excitingly, I've been accepted in the holiday edition of Mozambique's National Crafts Fair, but I have next to no stock at the moment and the fair will be for 6 days! I am starting to freak out a bit, but if I can manage to do an average of at least 3 pieces per day I should be okay...
Also in the works is a planning session for Thanksgiving dinner. I am organizing a meal with 2 girlfriends of mine for what I'm guessing will be a guest list of around 30 people. So I will be cooking on Wednesday and Thursday next week, which means I need to shop this weekend, which entails feeling rested and doing some planning ahead.
While on the topic of Thanksgiving, do you know how much a stupid frozen turkey costs here? The equivalent of US$113 (2,900MT)!! And this is just for a small-to-medium sized bird.
I've been toying with the idea of buying a live turkey from this man who sells assorted fowl in a cage on the roadside on my way to work, but am increasingly realizing the impracticality of this idea. I'd totally have our maid purchase, kill and clean the bird for a fee, but she is preparing for a massive party at the end of the month to celebrate her graduation from Bible school, so her freezer space / availability for killing large birds has dramatically gone down.
Right now I've got the warehouse boys calling their supermarket contacts to see if anyone here can get a turkey, or whether the best option will be to have a friend buy 2 frozen birds in South Africa for a much cheaper price and bring them up on Monday.
Oh. And I need to go to the bank, to the tailor's, to DHL and to the art market at some point soon. Not that I have enough on my plate at the moment or anything.
That's one of the most frustrating things about being car-less and bored stiff at work on occasion (ahem, today!). I feel the pressure of this massive to-do list mounting, and I can do absolutely nothing about it...
10 comments:
Wow! You DO have a busy week ahead of you! Good luck with the turkey, and I hope you get enough jewelry made...love your designs!
Have a great day!
~Paige~
Is your maid still Dona Lisa or someone new? How is Dona Lisa?
$113 Dollars for a bird and it's dead?! For that price I would expect it to lay eggs, do the housework and read me a bedtime story.
Is this price tag a further indication of the Secret Overpiad Life of certain NGO employees?
P.S You have been tagged.
~Paige - Uffff, the weekend is gone and I still am behind on this list! I desperately need to get ahead with the jewelry production!!
I will send you an e.mail this week...
~Safiya - Yes, our maid is still Dona Lidia. She is doing well, like I said about to graduate from Bible school and quite happy and healthy from what I can tell.
The price of a turkey here is beyond ridiculous. I'm getting 2 from South Africa for the equivalent of $65!!!
I think the expensive price tag is definitely a result of people knowing there are sucker expats willing to pay this price - a category in which I'd certainly find myself were it now for my new connections at work.
Hey, I just want to say you should put more of your stuff up on Etsy.
Reason is that I have 2 friends graduating from their Ph.ds this year and I want to buy something an artisan made than the same old same old for their graduation presents.
Holy wow!! That is a REALLY expensive turkey! Just do chicken and tell everyone it's turkey...
I want to see pics of your jewelry when you get it done!! :)
~Monkey - I will be restocking Etsy over the holidays, but unfortunately not in time for the end-of-year gift-giving rush. I am going to put up a lot of things using local materials (trade beads, wood, etc.). I'll let you know when it's done...
~Abzdragon - I've managed to get 2 turkeys from South Africa that a friend is driving up for me this evening! Otherwise, I would have totally done chicken. :)
you up for co-hosting a big party next year? I used to have one for 100-150 people on the Sat after thanksgiving in Japan...
~Brendan - LET'S DO IT!! When do you arrive, by the way?
not soon enough....I should be there first week of may, Iam currently having the brazilian sotaque being purged from my speech as i learn the "continental" style of speech...it's all good though and I am learning heaps
~Brendan - I'm going through that process naturally. Now when I go back to Brasil, my Portuguese is totally messed up. My accent is shot, I use words and constructions that are a mix-match of regional styles...epa!
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