Weekending

It was a pretty great weekend, starting with winning two games of SEQUENCE on Friday night!

I had to message Maddy to tell her that Rusty forgot to pick up a card in the beginning of first game… begged us to let him, and we relented, but told him that Maddy would never let him do that!!   I know of which I speak… it took me a couple of times for that lesson to sink in! I think he forgot to pick up in the second game, too, and either didn’t notice or decided not to press his luck! Maddy said that her game is all packed up — she & Viv are moving next weekend! Bigger house, bigger yard, more room for chooks, and ability to have other pets. I can’t wait for the video tour.

On Saturday morning, Kate & I hauled the bikes out for a 10-mile ride.

There was a breeze — not to our advantage most of the time — but we persevered. Ten miles is better than zero.

I decided to frog the Christmas stocking children again on Saturday afternoon and have begun again with a mash-up of the original chart & my earlier interpretation. I should have something worthwhile to show on Wednesday… after a spate of actual unraveling. Hopefully, third time’s the charm (as it often is) and the kids turn out!

Then it was game time!

We parked a few parking lots + Titletown away from the stadium, but it was fun to walk through & see everything going on before the game.

New bling, new koozies, and large beers! It was such a gorgeous evening and so exciting to be there after so long that we booked tickets for this week’s game before kick-off. It was fun, our team did OK — new QB and all — but ended abruptly early in the 4th quarter with a scary injury to one of the Patriots after he collided with one of his teammates and was carted off the field. The teams mutually agreed to end the game at that point and, thankfully, the player was released from the hospital after observation.

We were going to go for a walk yesterday, but it was so hot & sticky, even in the morning — and we’d walked a lot on Saturday (not to mention pedaling) — so took it easy, instead, other than running a few errands. Ali was out with the kids in the afternoon and stopped over for a couple of hours. I took no photos! The kids were supposed to go to school today to deliver their supplies, visit their classrooms, and it’s Picture Day, but Ali said that they’re all under the weather today. Ginny complained of a sore throat once yesterday, and it must have spread (hopefully, not this far!).

Oh, and yesterday we booked tickets for Thanksgiving in Peru! Woohoo, Machu Picchu!