Tues - Dinner With a friend and art class at daniel day!
Wed - housecleaning. bleh. Although, the peanut butter and local honey sammich was almost worth coming home instead of gaming.
Thurs through Sunday - ATLANTA GAME FEST! I played so many games, got so little sleep, met so many nice people and had so much fun it's not even fathomable. I played about 21 games (some of them more than once), 13 or so of which were completely new to me. Played so many I couldn't possibly go into details without this being a 15 page post, but my personal favorites of the weekend were Havana, Cyclades, Golden City, Hansa Teutonica, and, of course, Catacombs and Space Alert.
Also, we got to play a couple of prototypes by the creator of Arkham Horror, AND he was so gracious as to sign the copy of Arkham horror that we bought this weekend.
Oh, and I didn't mention the Thai food. It was so good, we went there twice in one weekend! They even gave hubby complimentary ice cream when the food was so hot it burned his mouth.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
week 5-11-2010 to 5-17-2010
Ummsss...
-I don't remember how the rest of last Tuesday went, so i guess it was fine.
-Wed was games at new york pizza again. We played lots of dominion alchemy and then decided we were exhausted and came home early
-Thursday um, I don't know. It was a busy week.
-Friday we rested briefly.
-Saturday we helped our friend Joe move and got free Baha Burger out of the deal.
-Sunday was ArtyParty (a fundraiser for the ASO I work at) ! Chris stayed home because he strained his back while moving. I went and did my best to help make sense of the chaos. It was great fun, there was birthday cake and sweet potato fries and even a chocolate fountain! and, oh, art. Including some art made by me! The art was awesome and there were sooo may people! We raised a lot of money.
-Today is monday and i missed a Dr's appt, worked, and played some SPACE ALERT (in a coffee shop with a blender going off periodically)
-I don't remember how the rest of last Tuesday went, so i guess it was fine.
-Wed was games at new york pizza again. We played lots of dominion alchemy and then decided we were exhausted and came home early
-Thursday um, I don't know. It was a busy week.
-Friday we rested briefly.
-Saturday we helped our friend Joe move and got free Baha Burger out of the deal.
-Sunday was ArtyParty (a fundraiser for the ASO I work at) ! Chris stayed home because he strained his back while moving. I went and did my best to help make sense of the chaos. It was great fun, there was birthday cake and sweet potato fries and even a chocolate fountain! and, oh, art. Including some art made by me! The art was awesome and there were sooo may people! We raised a lot of money.
-Today is monday and i missed a Dr's appt, worked, and played some SPACE ALERT (in a coffee shop with a blender going off periodically)
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
The week in review 5-2-10 to 5-11-10
Umm.. oh yes, Last monday was gaming at Joe muggs per usual. I played "for sale" and... something else i don't remember.
Tuesday was art class at Daniel Day Gallery
Tuesday was art class at Daniel Day Gallery
wherein I made a lovely, abstract painting.
Wed was Games at New York Pizza in Homewood. I had the park avenue pizza with extra gorgonzola (don't order that unless you really mean it) and we played chinatown and... something else.
Thursday was interesting but everyone who knows me is tired of hearing me whine about it :).
Friday we actually hung out at the house and I worked on a custom jewelry piece for someone.
Saturday and Sunday we spent with my parents and mother-in-law in huntsville and had a great time. We even squeezed in some gamingwith friends. We played catacombs, dixit and corsari.
Monday again was gaming at Joe muggs. I played agricola and catacombs again. Chrisbroke the shrink wrap on our copy of mystery express. I had a fantabulous caramel brownie.
It's tuesday morning and I have done laundry, played DDR with handweights andam about to finish getting ready for work. See you next week.
Wed was Games at New York Pizza in Homewood. I had the park avenue pizza with extra gorgonzola (don't order that unless you really mean it) and we played chinatown and... something else.
Thursday was interesting but everyone who knows me is tired of hearing me whine about it :).
Friday we actually hung out at the house and I worked on a custom jewelry piece for someone.
Saturday and Sunday we spent with my parents and mother-in-law in huntsville and had a great time. We even squeezed in some gamingwith friends. We played catacombs, dixit and corsari.
Monday again was gaming at Joe muggs. I played agricola and catacombs again. Chrisbroke the shrink wrap on our copy of mystery express. I had a fantabulous caramel brownie.
It's tuesday morning and I have done laundry, played DDR with handweights andam about to finish getting ready for work. See you next week.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
The week in review 4-25-10 to 5-2-10
The whole point of this blog is to keep family and friends up on what's going on with me.
so, I'll try to start posting these on a halfway regular basis.
The Week in review:
Sun-Tues I was sick and did nothing but whine about being sick and eat skinny cows to soothe my throat.
For the moment, I have quit pilates and dance (time and money have been issues lately), so I did not attend any movement classes and i was too sick to do more than about 5-10 mins of stretching at home every day.
Thurs was dining out for life, which benefited our sister agency, AIDs AL, but I forgot to go.
Friday, I led a "staff development day" for work at the Botanical Gardens. I brought my Husband and some of my other experienced gamer friends and acquaintances (Joe, tony and Sarah) in to help me teach the staff board games. We played Pandemic and then, after a great lunch provided by Mitch at Medtown, Tony from the Gamealogical Institute came in and led us in the GI Gaming Triathlon followed by a brief discussion of how the games we played relate to our lives at BAO. Feedback from all was very positive, everyone said they had a great time, and we gave away some great prizes including copies of scarabs and scorpions, "fickle finger of fate" spinners donated by Joe and these adorable notebooks from a talented artisan on etsy.
Friday night, I was cranky and stressed because I had spent the better part of the morning lost and because it was my beloved co-worker, Ashley's last day, so I went to the thrift store and bought some new jeans, a dress for arty party, and some other random things and felt much better.
Saturday, I spent crazy amounts of time, and silly amounts of money buying supplies to make rings and work on other jewelry projects. I visited Michael of Cosmic Folklore at his work bench at The Bead Biz in Helena and he showed me some progress on a project he has been working on. Saturday night, Chris and I played Dungeon Lords.
The plan for today is to go get lunch and then play ping pong at bumpernets.
That's all for today. See you next week maybe?
so, I'll try to start posting these on a halfway regular basis.
The Week in review:
Sun-Tues I was sick and did nothing but whine about being sick and eat skinny cows to soothe my throat.
For the moment, I have quit pilates and dance (time and money have been issues lately), so I did not attend any movement classes and i was too sick to do more than about 5-10 mins of stretching at home every day.
Thurs was dining out for life, which benefited our sister agency, AIDs AL, but I forgot to go.
Friday, I led a "staff development day" for work at the Botanical Gardens. I brought my Husband and some of my other experienced gamer friends and acquaintances (Joe, tony and Sarah) in to help me teach the staff board games. We played Pandemic and then, after a great lunch provided by Mitch at Medtown, Tony from the Gamealogical Institute came in and led us in the GI Gaming Triathlon followed by a brief discussion of how the games we played relate to our lives at BAO. Feedback from all was very positive, everyone said they had a great time, and we gave away some great prizes including copies of scarabs and scorpions, "fickle finger of fate" spinners donated by Joe and these adorable notebooks from a talented artisan on etsy.
Friday night, I was cranky and stressed because I had spent the better part of the morning lost and because it was my beloved co-worker, Ashley's last day, so I went to the thrift store and bought some new jeans, a dress for arty party, and some other random things and felt much better.
Saturday, I spent crazy amounts of time, and silly amounts of money buying supplies to make rings and work on other jewelry projects. I visited Michael of Cosmic Folklore at his work bench at The Bead Biz in Helena and he showed me some progress on a project he has been working on. Saturday night, Chris and I played Dungeon Lords.
The plan for today is to go get lunch and then play ping pong at bumpernets.
That's all for today. See you next week maybe?
Monday, February 22, 2010
valentines
The fam knows not to expect much communication out of me on valentines, but I usually make a post about it somewhere after the fact.
So here's your post:
we went to lunch at bonefish grill in Hoover and then played ping pong. For dinner, Chris cooked steak and cheesy potatoes. We also had broccoli and cake.
Pretty simple this year. and fun :)
So here's your post:
we went to lunch at bonefish grill in Hoover and then played ping pong. For dinner, Chris cooked steak and cheesy potatoes. We also had broccoli and cake.
Pretty simple this year. and fun :)
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
Games!!!
This weekend, Chris and I went to Atlanta Game Fest and it was an absolute blast. I played 13+ games and really liked them all, but I wanted to highlight a few.
Best game played this weekend:
Vasco Da Gama All I can say is wow.
Most innovative concept:
Tales of the Arabian Nights It's like a choose your own adventure book in board game. The only problem is that it gets a little long after a while.
Prettiest:
GemBlo Yes, it's a knock-off of blockus, but it's more difficult and how can you possibly turn down a chance to play with shiny purple jewels?
Funniest:
Funny Friends This was a little more random than I like, but it truly is a funny concept and created a lot of table talk that made even me blush
Best Time Ever had by anyone:
Playing Space Alert at 2 am in the main convention room with a laptop being used for the audio. The noise from the other games made it even more chaotic because it was harder to hear, the combination of sleep deprivation and massive amounts of caffeine in 2 of the crew members made for some INTERESTING results, and we often had an audience. Oh, and giving new crew members a 15 minute crash course and throwing them into the game is quite possibly the most amazing thing ever.... They might royally screw up the first game, but the second play through, they always get it.
Best game played this weekend:
Vasco Da Gama All I can say is wow.
Most innovative concept:
Tales of the Arabian Nights It's like a choose your own adventure book in board game. The only problem is that it gets a little long after a while.
Prettiest:
GemBlo Yes, it's a knock-off of blockus, but it's more difficult and how can you possibly turn down a chance to play with shiny purple jewels?
Funniest:
Funny Friends This was a little more random than I like, but it truly is a funny concept and created a lot of table talk that made even me blush
Best Time Ever had by anyone:
Playing Space Alert at 2 am in the main convention room with a laptop being used for the audio. The noise from the other games made it even more chaotic because it was harder to hear, the combination of sleep deprivation and massive amounts of caffeine in 2 of the crew members made for some INTERESTING results, and we often had an audience. Oh, and giving new crew members a 15 minute crash course and throwing them into the game is quite possibly the most amazing thing ever.... They might royally screw up the first game, but the second play through, they always get it.
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