October 23, 2005

• Girl’s Guide to Hunting and Fishing

  Another beautiful day for a football game!  Despite the fact we
  though it would be cold and miserable, it was just chilly and
  gorgeous.  David’s team won again, although David had to sit out a
  quarter due to an injury. He thought he broke his leg as he got hit
  quite hard, heard three snapping noises, and was in a lot of pain. The
  pain and the fear of a broken leg actually caused him to go into mild
  shock, I think, and he was pale, crying, and shaking for a while. 
  After about 15 minutes, he seemed to return to normal. He’s now playing
  Madden football on the computer with Michael. (Oh, he just got up and
  limped across the room, asking if we had any crutches. Always the
  improviser, I told him he could use a broom.)

  The girls–surprise, surprise–are doing cheers. It’s a 24/7 sort of
  thing around here. But, I’ve put Libby work creating cheers to teach
  Rachel to spell. She now can spell her middle name, Leigh, with ease
  thanks to a cheer Libby dreamed up. (I forgot to mention that the
  generous $5 tooth fairy was the hospital staff where Rachel had her
  surgery!)

  Ah, now everyone has leaped (or limped) into the living room to watch
  Extreme Makeovers with Ty (and with James). I guess there is no good
  football game on.

  Like others I could name, I should have a “currently eating”
  section.  Right now, it is a huge worthy-of-a-restaurant salad and
  a slice of French bread with butter. Mmmm!

  Saturday, the kids and I pulled out Settlers of Catan’s Knights and
  Cities expansion. After reading and reading and reading directions, we
  all decided to play the regular version and wait until LJ could come
  and officially teach us how to play.  It seemed as if the
  expansion game would take three times as long as the regular, and at 90
  to 120 minutes per game already, we were a little daunted. 
  Michael was the big winner with 11 points. He called in a monopoly just
  when everyone who had cities on grain struck it rich two times in a
  row, and he had a two-for-one grain.  (My apologies to those of
  you who have no idea of what I am speaking!)

  I like the book I’m reading.  Although I don’t particularly like
  some of the choices the main character, Jane, makes (her boyfriend 28
  years her senior, for one), I really like Jane herself.  I like
  witty characters who also happen to be copy editors.  The book
  isn’t what I expected. It’s a series of snapshots of certain periods of
  her life (and one chapter of someone else’s, which I hope connects
  eventually).  She’s 14 years old in one chapter and 20-something
  in another, and so on. 

  The good doctor will be gone Wednesday through Sunday to a math
  conference in Georgia. He’ll miss the kids’ last football games
  (David’s important one which might decide the league championship) and
  a trip to Curwensville for their last home game. I’m very much looking
  forward to going to my mom’s Friday and  Saturday even though it
  means we will miss the Crouse’s big fall party (which has Libby
  irritated).

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