What Day's Today...?

This is day who knows what of vacation (4 or 5) and I think it's thursday. The joys of vacation and not having to worry about what day it is. Hopefully we'll figure it out by the time we need to catch a plane home. I fear it's only going to get worse.

We've had the kids home with us for the last two days and so far so good, they're still alive, fed, clean and entertained. Guess I haven't lost my touch. The routine's coming back faster than I expected. It's really nice to not feel obligated to be the Molly Maid but some habits are hard to break, particularly when your sister's a slob.

She's not going to have to worry about her pack rat ways for much longer though as she told us some great news the other day. Her new boyfriend (not so new now, about 2yrs.) is soon to be her husband and they're buying a beautiful new home in a neighbourhood not too far from here. They'll be eloping to somewhere warm and getting married on the beach, most likely. I really like her new husband to be (also a Steve which is really strange) and the kids love him (and vice versa) which is the most important. Mom and Dad will finally get to meet him over the holidays which is awesome as we never got to meet her ex until she was already married and it was too late. I never liked that guy. Another marriage and another chance for me not to be a maid of honour. Ah well!

Christmas shopping's going swimmingly well considering it's only a few days a way. Heck, there was no way I was going to be lugging all the stuff with me. It'd be just the time my luggage got lost particularly with how my luck has been going lately.

I've been getting caught up with lots of old friends with drop ins so not even having to run the roads. Plus getting to spend lots of time with my buddies Cathy and Jim across the street. We always manage to have lots of fun and endless laughs. No set date for when we're going to go to the Double E (biker bar I love down the road) or Coyote Ugly but I will persevere. We also want to go to the Opryland Hotel which is always incredibly decorated for Christmas and they're supposed to have changed alot this year so it'll be a great way to kick the mood in to gear. It's really hard getting in to Christmas when there's no snow on the ground and temperatures anywhere between 15-20 degrees. The kids are extremely excited so that's helping immensely.

Now, this comment suggestion's going to be dedicated to games but in a different sense. I'm hearing mention of a movie trivia game and a few other things. Liss mentioned one in one of the comments but do you think I can find it now? I'm at a bit of a brain freeze for new ideas so what I'd like you guys to do is leave a comment on what you'd like to see, how to do it and rules, if any. Matt had mentioned something about a 2 round limit which is probably good for most but if you look at the games like song or movie titles, they should be endless so we can always adjust that accordingly and make that part of the rules. Movie trivia I'd think could be endless. A big rule I would like to add and I know I've only been using it if we're absolutely stuck, (like the now finally dead slash pusher) is the google. It just makes it more fair that way. So please, feel free to throw out any ideas that you have and we'll go from here, k?

Please leave suggestions for different games we can use for future posts and we'll continue the games in the next post.

Now, it's time I got my butt in the shower as Cindi left Dad and I the van today and Dad's looking to run the roads which estimated time of departure is, "Less than an hour by alot," - Scott. It's been a long time since I ran these road, here's hoping I can remember where everything is. Geez this place is growing in leaps and bounds. All part of that being only 20min. East of Nashville. The burbs are no longer the burbs.

'Til next time...