Volleyball Recap

We ended our indoor volleyball regular season tonight, going 2-1 and then winning the bonus extra game as well. Several notable plays prevent a single "All Heart" player:

1. Bob hit two balls really well off the net and we were able to save them for points.
2. Rob's serving in the second game, plus his overall good play.
3. Nick's "laying on the floor" dig that actually got the ball over.

It's not quite a "positive" but I had my first ever volleyball carry tonight. And let me tell you - I knew as soon as it happened that I had carried! It was sort of a weird feeling. My serves were pretty good too; I only missed one in about ten attempts.

Next week: Playoffs. After that: sand volleyball at Alleygators!

Hungry?

We're having a bake sale tomorrow at work and I made two forms of chocolate cake to bring in and sell. Hopefully people like them:

I'm a little concerned because the lids hide the yummy cake inside, but I'm planning on posting the above picture and all the little containers are labeled with what sort of frosting they have. I thought these were my best option for packing frosted cake individually. I think people will figure it out! :)

I did it!

No, I didn't beat Nick and Dave at Trains...but I gave them the option of picking the game we played tonight and we ended up playing Scrabble. I was able to beat them both quite decisively - 241 to 120 to 157. So I can still win at games!!

Having said that, I did have a great time in Wisconsin over the weekend. I taught my grandma, aunt, and two cousins how to play Trains and they all seemed to like it. I did win the game but I have the advantage of having played many, many times before (more times that I've posted on this blog). I also had one of my best finishes ever, ending the game with 84 points in tickets. More on the trip later when I'm ready to post some pictures.

Brilliant Luck?

I had two lucky streaks today: I was the last person to "win" at spoofing and I won the first poker game :) Nick's streak is gone, but maybe one of my own is starting! For all those wondering: spoofing is a game we play every Thursday at work. The losers have to buy the winners a drink from Caribou.

ETA: It was actually a brilliant poker night for the women. We started off with 11 players, 8 men and 3 ladies. We got down to 6 and it was equally divided - 3 vs 3. It came down to me vs. Janelle for the victory after we pushed all of them out! The second game was a little more fair - 6 men and 2 ladies and I went out before the money, but Janelle hung in there and managed to take down all the guys by herself!! So it was the best kind of poker night: LADIES NIGHT!! Here's to another week of the same :)

Not much to report in other news. We were competitive at volleyball last night, but couldn't win. Our All-Heart player was Rob - he had some truely awesome plays! We're also all signed up for sand volleyball, so the Bacos stories will continue until at least September. Go Bacos!

Spring Must Be Here

I was dodging geese and hockey nets in the streets as I drove to the library and shoe store. Krista, I must be finally over the "fat ankles" comment because I bought a pair of boots. Well, ankle boots anyway. To wear under pants. For $10.

In other news, I dropped 3 more games of Trains to Dave and Nick tonight. I had a chance to win the third game but Dave made his move one turn too early. At least I'm determined. :) I'm going to win...and then we'll never play again (or at least for six months)! Just like Puerto Rico.

Wii!

Bob invited Nick and myself over today to try out the Wii gaming system. I have to say, it was quite fun :) I managed to get a strike on a 36-pin bowling alley and win a boxing match by a decision against Nick. When else would that happen in real life? There was also tennis, baseball, and golf, all of which were fun to try out too. So if one of your friends invites you over to try it out, I would definately say go and have a good time, just be ready to sweat a little!

The Last Day Before The Prematurely Lost Hour

Today I got up early and cleaned the house!!! Yay!! That sounds like fun, right? Nope. But I am happy to have a clean house so the result is worth the work. I had a good reason to do it too: my mother-in-law was due to come over around lunch and I didn't want her to see the post-flu mess that was our house.

Nancy actually showed up about an hour later than I expected her, so everything was spotless and Nick and I were hard at work on the puzzle I got him for Christmas by the time she arrived. It was only a short visit, but the best part besides seeing her was that she brought our finished wedding quilt along and we got to keep it (she's brought it over before when it wasn't finished yet):

It matches perfectly!
Erin, it may not *technically* be done (no label on the back), but we're using it already so I consider that finished before yours!
Rob, can you see the Reader's Digest on the nightstand?

The three of us went out for lunch at Granite City, then killed some time at IKEA before we dropped Nancy off for her flight to Georgia (she's going to play nurse for Erin after she gets her gallbladder out on Tuesday). Nick found a very nice half-round wooden table top for only $5 in the bargain bin area so I guess it was a successful trip. When we got home, Nick and I finished the devil puzzle that I got him for Christmas:

It looks pretty innocent, but the pieces are fairly indistinguishable from each other. We didn't work on it very consistently either - it took over two months for us to finish it.

We finished up the evening by visiting our friend Dave. He made stir fry for us, then we played five games of trains, of which I won zero. Here's a summary of my luck on the evening:

I'm the green piece. :(

Volleyball and Fitness

We only won one volleyball game tonight - we were playing the top-ranked team. We matched them point-for-point in the first game (actually were ahead for most of it) before losing at the end, then had our normal second-game slide, then won the third game after squandering a large lead. Nick is the Bacos All-Heart Player of the Game, with a fantastic block in the second game - first block we had all season!

As for fitness, Nick was checking on fitness centers in the area and one of the francises he brought up had my old telephone number! What a weird coincidence - I've never seen one of my old numbers turn up again like that :)

Snow!

After two days, the snow finally stopped. Nick and I took some pictures yesterday afternoon (I think it only snowed about an inch after the pictures were taken):

Our house from across the street - you can see Nick's pickup in the driveway.


Nick next to the snowmound at the end of our driveway.

The official measurement is about 14" of snow on top of the 12" we got earlier this week. Most notable for me is that my work closed early on Thursday and then was closed on Friday - that's my first snowday since sometime early in high school!

We're Featured!

Check out our photographer's homepage! Not my favorite picture of myself, but Nick says we're the best looking couple there - what do you think?