Susan had us and Karen D (aka Kiki) and Julie over to play MahJongg last week, which lark was followed by dinner and a new-to-us card game, Cadillac. Which we loved! (Despite the fact that we lost: no small thing.) We got more of the intimate neighborhood feel when a small party of slightly tipsy folks crashed the party in the middle of the game--without even bothering to knock! After a brief cacaphonous interlude, the crashers departed and we got back to it.
By far and away, the most momentous events since our last posting were tied to a marvy visit over Labor Day Weekend from Tom & Jess and Wendy & Joel. E says, I don't know what to say about it: it was hilarious. So hilarious S almost wet her pants. Okay, maybe TMI.
But it _was_ fun, from our own game of Cadillac the first night, to hours of poker and Rummy-O (and even a bit of Skip-Bo and MahJongg), to an unforseen obsession with Tom & Pep's Wii Music handbell ringing game, to beach fun with the hordes and throngs, to the first Crimson Tide football game of the season, to some great meals cooked at B-A-R and a nice feast at Jambone, it was go go go and then go some more.
Due to the bell game, most of the weekend found somebody singing either Do-Re-Mi, Sukiyaki or Oh Tannenbaum! When they weren't hollering WHAT?!?!
We were sad to see everybody take off on Monday morning, so we thought to distract ourselves by playing bingo, but alas, we were so whipped that shortly after eating our bingo snack-shop lunch, we found ourselves nodding off in the middle of a 50/50-split-with-our-sponsor game. And one of us has nodded off in the middle of constructing this post . . .
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Consumed with envy. Seriously -- CONSUMED. I'm going to refrain from asking what, exactly, this handbell ringing thingy is all about, cause I hope we'll find out on our own! Are you getting one yourselves, too?
Man, sure wish we had been there....
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dude
Okay, just watched the videos, so I'm a BIT closer to understanding the handbell thing.... Sorta.
Love the Wendy Drinking Wine action shot! How long did you have to keep the camera trained on her to capture that?
Bwa ha ha ha ha!
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dl
Oh, never fear, Dee! According to UPS tracking, our copy of Wii Music is already to Memphis. Even if this shipment falls into the same Memphimian black hole that waylaid the dining room chairs, surely we'll have all the gear by the time you're here for the holidaze....
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