My sister is calling her unborn child “Bug.” Which is cute. They’ve got some cool names picked out, and she’s got a rockin’ wishlist. So I chose the Baby Bjorn baby carrier for her and Tom from the BabiesRUs gift registry. I thought too late about doing custom printed M&M’s with “Bug” on them; they wouldn’t be ready until the 17th. Ick. I’ve gone to a few sites to see about games to play, and there are a few funny ones, like this one:
The Cotton Ball Game
With this game you will need two large bowls, one of which should be filled with cotton balls plus a large kitchen spoon and a cloth to use as a blindfold.
Each guest in turn competes in this game. Blindfold the guest and give one minute to transfer as many cotton balls from one bowl to the other just using the kitchen spoon.
Make a note of how many of the cotton balls each guest can transfer in exactly one minute. The guest who transfers the most cotton balls is the winner.
Due to the fact that the spoon is quite heavy and the cotton balls are quite light it is very difficult for the guests to tell while blindfolded whether they have anything in the spoon, consequently they will spend most of their time transferring an empty spoon. This is very amusing for the other guests to watch.
UPDATE: 11:13 pm
Well, we didn’t go see the tree or the grill and remembered this morning that we didn’t go see Lewis Black last night (D’oh! We fucking had tickets to his sold out show for months and totally spaced). So fucking pissed off. We did watch Heroes and House and Doctor Who stuff like The Weakest Link wih an all-celebrity cast. Found a much cheaper cherry tree online; Carolynn said that she still wants to get us a housewarming tree, and I think this would be a great idea. I need to ask my dad some advice about planting it though, or maybe my brother, Sam. I want to plant it in the front yard (such as it is) where in a few years I’ll see it from my office window.
something sparkly this way comes… 
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