Game For A Bit Of Nostalgia....

Aimee over at Artsyville has started List it Tuesdays back up

and set a topic of things that make you nostalgic

and yes it is Wednesday but you can all get over it

my nerves are shot and my head is spinning

and quite frankly it is a small miracle I am getting anything up at all

as we are now deep into the first week of school holidays

makes me nostalgic for peace and quiet

but I figured a blank piece of paper is a tad cheeky so

here is a sort of half assed list of games that make me nostalgic...

1. Our old Monopoly set never fails to bombard me with memories

as kids we played endlessly

and for years and years my Dad always won

though it turns out that after reading the rules many years later

he had been cheating shamelessly

but that is part of his charm... or so he says

Anyway

Sinus and I have dragged this thing all over the country

and have had epic games that last for days

against each other and friends

there have been family challenges with trophies

and as Phantom got old enough to play she was introduced to it as well

sadly for us it would appear she is a Monopoly Savant

and to this day hasn't been beaten

she doesn't even cheat... she just nails us every single time

has sort of taken the fun out of it to tell you the truth....

as a side note she is also a Yahtzee freak

and gets yahtzee at least once every single bloody game

it's just not normal or right...

2. next is Scrabble

which is my least favourite game in the history of the world

I used to love it

until I married Sinus and discovered that it could in fact be played

at a place so slowly that you physically age between goes

I know it is his strategy because by the time it is my go 

I am whacking any old word down just to end the agony 

of the 20 minutes of my life that I will never get back

and he inevitably wins or I give up

but also there was the infamous Waffer incident

in which Sinus declared it was a word so vehemently

that he and Phantom almost came to blows... it was dictionaries at 100 paces

and I all but had to hold them apart...and it looked not unlike a rugby scrum 

at least it was entertaining I suppose

3. Finally there is Jenga

which you would think would be a nightmare for someone with my coordination

but who needs coordination

when a well placed sneeze of cough can win you the game

and of course it is great practice for unstacking our dishwasher

which somehow manages to go from neatly stacked to championship level Jenga

in the space of the rinse cycle

It is one of the great mysteries of my existence how it happens...

So there's my list

thinking I may let Sinus and Phantom loose on a few games this afternoon

and let them take each other out so I can have some peace

worth a try I think....xx 

I am also sharing this over at Artist's Playroom

because if the holiday madness continues 

I may not get the chance to get another painting done!!!

My last two blog posts are here if you want a look....

Why School Holidays Do My Head In ....

A Broken Tale ....