Bowling with Friends

I may not miss my job but I do miss some of the people I worked with.
We all decided to get together and go bowling.

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I was running a little late and missed most of the first game.

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I did catch how Robyn got such a high score there.
Such a cheater cheater pumpkin eater.
She had the bumpers up.
So did T and T.

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My first game was so bad. 
Nine pins in three frames.  So lame.
My total score was 30.

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My second game was much better.
Only because I was a cheater cheater pumpkin eater too.
Yes, I used the bumpers.
So silly.  So much fun.

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My ex work wife, Donna celebrating a strike.  Love it!

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And Donna chatting with “Ninny” or “Andrew” depending on the game.
Her and the real Andrew (her guy) kept switching who went first on didn’t bother to change the names.

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It was so nice to see everyone.

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Beer was good, laughter was better.

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The plan is to get together again every couple few months.
Hopefully we can make that happen because we had fun.

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Food With Friends

One evening in August, my friend Panda invited me to a barbeque at her place.

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Her awesome biker nerd boyfriend manned the grill.

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Panda slaved in the kitchen all day making the yummiest twice baked potatoes.
Among some other food.
The potatoes were awesome.

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Panda’s older boy and Miss Margaret played while everyone else chatted.

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I got some really cute pics of the kids like this one of Panda’s younger boy.

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I love toothless smiles.  Even partially toothless.

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And some really ridiculous ones.

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Monday Night Football ~Perks~

We have been hosting Monday Night Football at our house weekly.
The guys take turns making a main dish or bringing the drinks.

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Two weeks ago, it was our friend Fish’s turn to make the main dish.

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Apparently he can cook two things: meatloaf and something else.

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What kinds of drinks go with meatloaf you ask?
Whiskey sevens and beer of course.

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This particular meatloaf was a very juicy bacon meatloaf.
That’s man food for sure.

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The girls stay out of the way.
Sometimes I retire to my room and sometimes I sit in the corner watching the guys and quietly working on what I need to do.
I love to watch the boys react to the game.
Way more fun than watching the game.

This time, I was folding laundry in my room and I came out and saw this:

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I had made a map for rearranging the living room and the guys were doing the heavy lifting for me.

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And I heard this:  “That’s not the way it looks in the picture.  We need to leave room for that in the corner.”

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So flipping sweet!

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They left a lot for me to move once they’d gone for the night, but I didn’t have to do any really heavy lifting or wait until my guy had some time.

I will work on a new makeover post as soon as I’m done with the final touches in there.  Almost done.

Until then…

 

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