Year 3 - Day 184 - July 2

I ordered this last week in hopes it would come in before my friend's birthday party, but it just got here today. It's supposed to be like Apples to Apples, but the adult version. I can't wait to play it, even after just looking through a few cards!! :)

Year 2 - Day 228 - August 17

My sister in law made a funny post about this Facebook game recently and since I still had a few days of nothingness headed my way, I decided to waste some of my own time playing. It's kind of like the Sims, but with zombies. Like all FB games, you need to have other friends playing to earn things and keep it moving. In the beginning there were quick achievements to earn but after the first few levels it took way too much checking in to keep up. Luckily, (luckily? Did I say that?) work starts tomorrow so I won't feel the need to spend my time clicking zombies anymore. Plus, I'm sure the game knows what you need and doesn't give it to you!! Additionally, I noticed there are several differences between the Facebook and G+ versions of the game. I don't know if it's because G+'s games are new, but it's not very stable over there.

I have to set an alarm tonight. I can't believe it. Where did summer go?????

Year 2 - Day 224 - August 13

For quite some time we've been hearing about the Baltimore Grand Prix which is coming on Labor Day weekend. To a non-race watcher like myself, it has been hard to comprehend the idea of race cars zooming around the inner harbor at high speeds. The race course has been paved and surfaced for almost a year which has made traffic worse than normal, trees have been uprooted to make sure people paying to watch the race cars can see them, and now they're putting up grandstands and race walls. This is a long term project. The race weekend is still 3 weeks away and already streets have these walls installed. The concrete portion was just about to my head level as I sat in the car and then the cages go many feet further. My friend worded it as Baltimore looking like it's in jail, and I agree!

I was downtown to take the SeaDog speedboat tour thanks to a groupon we got recently. We boarded near HarborPlace and went slow all the way to Ft. McHenry. Then they opened up the engines and bounced us around out past the Key Bridge and back before hitting the no wake zone again. I think I learned some facts about landmarks that I didn't know, but I heard him make mistakes about things I DO know, so hopefully I don't have incorrect knowledge. :) For example, he said the Key Bridge was made instead of adding a 3rd tunnel, but the 2nd tunnel is much newer than the bridge.

This afternoon we were going to swim but the weather changed our plans to an indoor cookout and board game day. At one point, the power went out. For those of us playing cards, a simple flashlight worked. But the boys playing Risk were more creative - they turned on their iPhone light and hung it in the chandelier over the table. :)

Year 2 - Day 133 - May 14

I'm pretty sure my husband didn't buy me an iPad *just* so I could play silly PopCap games, but I can't be sure. I mean, that's the only reason *he* uses it! Several weeks ago, PopCap put a few of their iPad games on sale for Japan Tsunami/Earthquake relief, and he convinced me that if we didn't buy Plants vs. Zombies, we were bad Americans. How could I argue?

I rolled my eyes at the time, but it is actually a really fun game. He's definitely better than I am, but I beat the basic game levels so I'm not terrible. If we have a Halloween party to attend next year, I'm going to force him to be a zombie to my plant!

Day 15

Finally got the plain version. Zombie fluxx is cool but almost too hard.