Category Archives: Games

Birthday Parties I Remember Best (In Honor of the Fact that My Birthday [and my sister’s] is on Tuesday)

  1. Grown-up Girls Slumber Party – My 38th/Meredith’s 35th
    • Pink & Yellow polka-dot theme carried out on cupcakes, cd cases, gift bags
    • Personalized Party Music CD
    • Gift bags of goodies for everyone
    • Late night drunk Twister
  2. My Fabulous Fortieth Birthday – My 40th/(Meredith couldn’t be there)
    • Art heist mystery!
    • A Classic Never Goes Out of Style
  3. The First Time Parents Rented Falcon Field Swimming Pool Party — My 12thish?/Meredith’s 9thish
    • Guest list limited to 60, not counting Grandparents who got to come no matter what
    • An entire picnic table full of presents for both of us
    • Home-made pool party invitations
  4. Mystery Party in Maui – My 39th/(Meredith couldn’t be there but Michelle was!)
    • Murder Mystery — Carlene did it!
    • Travel companions and island friends
  5. Small Water-Games Themed Party — My 9thish/Meredith’s 6thish
    • Water balloon toss
    • Two guests each, plus 2 mutual guests
  6. Surprise Party at Organ Stop Pizza — My 19th/(Meredith was on a youth group trip)
  7. Camping Party in Grandma & Grandpa Rock’s Camper — My 11th/Meredith’s 8th

Our birthday - June 18, 1982
Our birthday – June 18, 1982

Wednesday Words: All Acceptable 2 Letter Words in Scrabble

  1. AA
  2. AB
  3. AD
  4. AE
  5. AG
  6. AH
  7. AI
  8. AL
  9. AM
  10. AN
  11. AR
  12. AS
  13. AT
  14. AW
  15. AX
  16. AY
  17. BA
  18. BE
  19. BI
  20. BO
  21. BY
  22. DE
  23. DO
  24. EF
  25. EH
  26. EL
  27. EM
  28. EN
  29. ER
  30. ES
  31. ET
  32. EX
  33. FA
  34. GO
  35. HA
  36. HE
  37. HI
  38. HM
  39. HO
  40. IF
  41. IN
  42. IS
  43. IT
  44. JO
  45. KA
  46. LA
  47. LI
  48. LO
  49. MA
  50. ME
  51. MI
  52. MM
  53. MO
  54. MU
  55. MY
  56. NA
  57. NE
  58. NO
  59. NU
  60. OD
  61. OE
  62. OF
  63. OH
  64. OM
  65. ON
  66. OP
  67. OR
  68. OS
  69. OW
  70. OX
  71. OY
  72. PA
  73. PE
  74. PI
  75. RE
  76. SH
  77. SI
  78. SO
  79. TA
  80. TI
  81. TO
  82. UH
  83. UM
  84. UN
  85. UP
  86. US
  87. UT
  88. WE
  89. WO
  90. XI
  91. XU
  92. YA
  93. YE
  94. YO

 

Favorite Table Games

  1. Blokus
  2. Scrabble
  3. Monopoly / Rockafellopoly
  4. Pit
  5. Monopoly Deal
  6. Scattegories
  7. Dutch Blitz
  8. Clue
  9. Pick One (now sold as Bananagrams)
  10. Careers
  11. Boggle
  12. Balderdash
  13. Yahtzee
  14. Boggle Bowl
  15. Spy Alley
  16. MasterMind
  17. Trivial Pursuit
  18. Life
  19. Mad Magazine Game
  20. Stratego
  21. Quiddler
  22. Skip-Bo
  23. Racko
  24. Pictionary
http://blokus.com