Pasta with Spoons

Tonight I had more fun than I’ve had in a long time. Of course, the fun couldn’t officially begin until we were able to actually enter the townhouse. Somehow in the time spent away for the day, the moisture finally got the best of the wooden door jamb at the bottom of the front door. We couldn’t open the door for the life of us and after some forceful shoving, we decided it was time to call Dad (and subsequently the Keystone Properties 24-hour line) for help before we got too aggressive and broke something. With more appropriate tools, compared to our measly screwdriver, 2 workers were able to open our door for us and let us in the house. Thankfully, we had lovely weather and plenty of fresh raspberries and blueberries to munch on while waiting (we had just left the grocery store). If that same scenario happened in the dead of winter…I might’ve died.

Troy, Ellie, Tyler, Eric, Lexi and I ate a home cooked spaghetti dinner (Carb-ing up for the big race Monday) and then decided that instead of playing one of our many board games, we’d throw it back a little and pull out a deck of cards instead. First up was a classic game of Hearts. Troy started the game off by pointing out to the crew that he wasn’t sure he’d ever actually played Hearts before with “real” people…only “Bob” and “Susie” on the internet. There was a lot more Shooting the Moon than usual…and successful too! Tyler and Lexi did so back to back near the beginning of the game, setting us all back 52 points immediately. And although we valiantly clawed our way back into the game, when Eric finally hit 100 points, Lexi took the title and Tyler grabbed the runner up trophy. Carrie narrowly passed Ellie for third and Troy rounded out the Blankenship clan in 5^th place.

After Hearts I was admittedly pretty exhausted. It was late, especially if converting the clock to the East Coast timezone. However, someone (we can’t remember who) threw out the idea of playing a game of Spoons. It had been so long for us, we had to look up the rules online….but boy am I glad that we did! It was SO FUN. Lots of laughs, spoon stealing and definitely safe to say we have now broken in that deck of cards. Lexi taught us a fun new twist called “Pig, Hog, Sow” that provided additional laughs as you were allowed to speak to some people without penalty and forbidden to speak to others. In the end, I must admit…I was the biggest loser. Lol. But I swear my seat location might have been a huge disadvantage ;)