Fortune Cookie
I thought I would try a new thing today. I turned my computer off. It
was fascinating. Over and over, I would bring someone into the computer
room and point to it, just to prove that it really CAN be done. Daniel said that he can't remember
ever seeing my computer turned off -- perhaps when he was
eight years old or something.
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One of my initial plans was to go to the grocery store early so that
I could easily feed the multitudes. Read: cold cereal instead of a
cooked breakfast. I also wanted to pick up a few things that I was
missing in order to make lasagna.
I have a killer lasagna recipe. At least, whenever I make it, the
crowds go wild. It is a from scratch recipe, so I really did
need to go early in the day because it takes nearly an entire day to
make it. I tempted Dede and Tommy with the promise of a lasagna dinner
in order to get them to come over and play pinochle. (I need a
pinochle fix from time to time). I was also going to make an extra
pan of it for Ed's Father's Day gift
from the boys.
It didn't happen, though. I wasn't feeling very good, so I convinced
Jason and
Tony to walk to the store to get cereal and I proceeded to sit
around. Sitting around is good. *smile*
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Daniel suggested that I could go play Pokémon with him while
I was sitting . .so I did. It is a game for Gameboy, but he has
some sort of emulator so that he can run it on his PC. Pokémon
(pocket monsters) are creatures that roam around in mountains and
caves and woods and even fly around from time to time. Each of them have
different things they do in battles and they evolve and gain new
skills as you train them.
First, you have to catch them. You do that by (as Eric says) hurting them a little bit and
then throwing a pokéball at them. If they are weak enough,
then they get inside your pokéball and will be your
Pokémon.
Fighting wild pokémon or the pokémon that belong to rival
trainers is what you do to train them and as you win the
pokébattles, they gain experience.
The cute thing is that when you battle to the bitter end, the pokémon
don't die, they just pass out. I'm sure the game has a point, but I
don't know what it is.
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So, there was no lasagna and no Father's Day gift for Ed. After Ed
came and got Jason and Tony for the week (so quiet with only seven people
left here), we went out to the local Chinese buffet and made pigs of
ourselves. A good time was had by all.
When the check and the fortune
cookies arrived, one of the kids (Katie or
Daniel) suggested that we read them aloud and add the words " in
bed" to the end. Try it sometime. It was pretty funny. Mine was
You have a reputation for being straightforward and honest in
bed.
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Then came the pinochle game I was waiting for. The adults settled down
at the kitchen table to play double-deck (partners) pinochle. It was
Tom's second time to play -- the first time
was months and months ago, so he probably forgot nearly everything he
and learned the first time.
Dede was the instructor and launched off into bidding tips and nuances
in such depth that she forgot to explain what the entire game was about.
At the end of a rousing few hours play, Tom and Dede were the big winners
with Tommy and I a close second. hah! (I just said close to save face).
In the mean time, the teens were immersed in a game of Magic. Daniel and
Katie begged long enough for me to agree to have Katie spend the night
(so they could stay up all night playing cards). So, I'll have a trip
to McKinney tomorrow to take her home.
I'm going off to dream of pokémon.
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