After one of the worst winters on record, spring has finally sprung!!! I hope the Easter Bunny even left some
goodies under your Easter tree…no wait…that’s not right…anyway…we played @
Lori’s house this month. We dined on roast chicken, broccoli, sweet potatoes, macaroni & cheese; bread sticks;
a Peep cake & other assorted goodies. After we were done eating & doing
business, we started our evening at 6. The first cover all was played @ 8:30,
when Debi won all by herself. We then took a break for cake & coffee (in a
giant mug). No wonder I didn’t get to bed until after midnight! We started back
up again at 8:45 and played on until almost 9:30 when we had our final cover
all. Spanky won this one alone. We cleaned up & went home.
Lori & Peg came up with an idea for a game. It was “Hot
Egg”! Kinda like hot potato, only with a plastic egg. We passed around the egg
until the music stopped & the last person holding it was the winner. Each
contained a little something: candy, dimes, candles & even a booby prize! We started passing the eggs around the table
nicely, but this got boring after a while. We decided to spice it up a bit by
tossing the egg across the table, passing with little T-rex arms, juggling for
a minute before passing, etc. This was super fun! At the end of the night, Debi
had collected the most eggs. She won egg candles! Patt had the least eggs, but
she still left a winner! Her conciliation prize was flower & notepad.
Another highlight of the evening was the “beer volcano”! I’ve
seen a few beers in my day & I’ve never seen anything like this. Patt brought
some frozen Coronas in a cooler to share. She left a bottle sitting on the
table & went to the kitchen for something. All of the sudden, Debi says, “Uhh,
Patt…there’s something wrong with your beer…” Next thing we know, the ice tube
that formed when it froze was pushing it’s slightly melted way out of the
bottle top, followed by the carbonated pressure underneath. This led to the ice
bit popping up & beer exploding from below! We scrambled for towels &
got everything cleaned up while we were cracking up laughing.
MYSTERY BOX
Picking a 10 as the highest card, Peg-a-la was the lucky
recipient of my “movie” box. Inside my spring-ily decorated box was: microwave
popcorn; some floss picks (to get rid of those pesky popcorn kernels); popcorn containers
(to hold the popcorn while you enjoy your movie); coupons/cash for RedBox; various
boxes of candy; napkins; a DVD of one of my favorite comedies – “Airplane” &
a tray to serve snacks on. Peg says she likes to get together with Lori once a
month to have a movie night, so this was a perfect Mystery for her/them. Now
she’ll be responsible for bringing a mystery to the Tiki Bar next month.
MAY POKENO
For May, we will be getting our party on @ Kate’s house on SATURDAY,
MAY 31st @ 5:00 for our annual summer kick-off luau. Kate’s making
pulled pork sliders & 2 kind of chicken wings; Peg’s making macaroni salad
& Lori’s doing a fruit salad so far.
FINAL THOUGHT
Sorry it took me so long to get around to making this
happen. It’s been crazy! I’m looking forward to unwinding & getting lei’d
with you ladies in a few weeks! And on that note, I shall wrap up this edition
of the Rag. Until next time, may the foxiest bitch win!
