Since we had a house full of people, of course the CFO brought out a game for everyone to play… I’m sure these people have learned by know that if they come over, a game of some sort will break out. I am happy to report that when the final scores were tallied, the guys beat the ladies. Yes, for what ever reason, she typically likes to pit the men against women. The guys enjoyed the fact that 3 guys with bachelor’s degrees beat 3 women with PhD’s… Even better was the fact that we won even though I was distracted by the Georgia/Kentucky football game that was on the TV. Who knows what would have happened if I had put my full attention into the game!
I played golf with some friends on Sunday, but the sun beat us and we were only able to play 17 holes before it was too dark. Other than one of the par 3’s, I played like crap… but hey, I’m still learning. The guys I played with have been playing since they were kids, so it came as no surprise that I couldn’t hang with them. The highlight of my day was on a par 3 where I was the only one to land on the green in one shot. Then my poor putting kicked in and it took 4 putts to get it in… so I ended up with a 5 on the hole while they both shot par for the hole. All I could do was laugh at the fact that I was the first one onto the green and last one into the cup. Oh well…
After losing last week, my curling team bounced back with a resounding 12 to 2 win on Monday night. It was nice to be back on the winning side, I hate losing! The whole team played really well and I had a couple nice final throws that won us some points. The crowning shot for me was in the fourth end (a game is made up of 8 “ends”) when our opponent had a stone sitting in the middle of the house and their stone was surrounded by 3 of ours. As it stood, they would win one point since they were closest to the center with that stone, but it was all in my hands with the final shot. I managed to slide my stone just past one of ours and was able to knock theirs out without disturbing our other 3. We went from them possibly scoring one point to us scoring 4 points, a very nice turn of events for us. It was a sweet throw if I do say so myself.
The CFO is heading out of town this coming weekend to meet some of her Virginia friends for a shopping weekend, so I’m planning on catching up on some action movies that she wasn’t interested in seeing… After all the hoop-la over the Hunger Games, I am curious enough to want to see it. I know there are a few other movies that I have missed, so I will probably be making multiple trips to the redbox machine over the weekend. I am also trying to think up some entertaining projects for myself to pass some time… I have some posters that I want to put up in the garage, but I am trying to figure out the best way to do it. I don’t want to just pin them to the wall (too cheap looking, even for a garage), but I don’t want to buy frames for them either (too much money for me). I am thinking about just spray mounting them to some kind of board and then hanging that up. I was going to use foam core, but then I read that it might curl in humid conditions… what else is there to mount them to that won’t cost me a lot? Suggestions?
cool weather, chili and games sounds like the beginning for winter ;). We mount our paper on Masonite that we have framed on the back with 1x2's to make them a bit beefier. We buy 4x8 sheets and have them cut it in half but you can buy smaller sizes already cut at home depot. Also use super 77 as the spray glue. let me know if you have anymore questions. Good luck
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