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Extra-Life in May

Jumping in briefly to share a link to our Extra Life fundraiser we’re doing on May 5th. I’ve been doing a lot of gaming lately and we will be doing a 24 hour gameathon to try and raise money and awareness for Childrens’ Miracle Network Hospitals.

It’s a good cause and lot of fun, so if you want to donate, you can do so here:

https://www.extra-life.org/participant/Heather-Shoberg

If you want to hang out with me at any time on Twitch on May 5th – I’ll be playing a handful of different fun games and would love the company!

https://www.twitch.tv/glitterkittycorn

Week In Review – Ren Fest, Books and Games, Oh My!

Happy Monday!

Linking up with Meghan from Clean Eats, Fast Feets for another Week in Review!

It’s been an interesting week, and from the sound of things it has been that way for a lot of people. I think an eclipse is like a full moon on steroids in that regard! Considering today is only getting weirder… I’m going to keep this short.

I was so stoked to get the Lego Disneyland Castle finished last Monday night.

We discovered that Enzo loves these sriracha chips from Trader Joe’s as much as I do.

Had a decent book haul! I love, love sales and awesome pricing. Haha!

On Saturday, Kendra and I went to the Ren Fest, which was a blast!

We were up late Saturday night so Sunday was a very relaxed and laid back day until I suggested we go get some shopping done at Target, which turned into lunch because Josh hadn’t eaten anything and then we ended up at a massive candy store and spent a boatload of cash on a ridiculous amount of junk food… we never even made it to Target. I blame the eclipse entirely.

May the rest of the week be balanced… please?? Especially considering the house could have burnt down this morning, but we’ll talk about that another day. Just… oy.

Happy Friday!

I’m just going to say it – I’ve been busy lately, so I haven’t been the best at keeping up with… well, most things really. There are weird stomach bugs going around, my house is a mess, we have a new habitat that we need to get Bowser settled in tonight, we have friends coming over this weekend, and I could go on and on.

If you want to read my latest video game review, you’ll have to head over to Rapscallion Brigade! I’m going to try and do more of these, but that also means I need more time to play video games. 😉

I seem to be a little all over the place as I try to figure out what my brain wants to settle on. Often my biggest problem is that I have so many things I want to do that I can’t decide which to tackle and end up not accomplishing anything because I either spent too much time debating what to do, or I just kind of get lost in the whirlwind, get a couple things done and then wind up in bed with a book. So… I think I need to find a better way to schedule my time and actually complete some projects. I have several on my list that should not keep getting put off and yet they just do.

Anyhoo… have a beautiful weekend!

Week(end) in Review – Game Night Edition

Happy Monday!

Linking up with Meghan from Clean Eats, Fast Feets for another Week in Review!

So it’s really just the weekend in review rather than the whole week, but that’s mostly because Josh and kids were getting over various illnesses and who wants to relive that? The fun really began on Friday when friends from Wisconsin came to stay for the weekend. I also tested the new little camera I picked up with my surprise bonus. I wanted something that was lighter for traveling with and I think my little Sony A6000 is going to be just what I need once I get used to it.

TV watching or game playing… who knows. I’m loving that it’s getting lighter outside each day.

Since I’m allergic to bunnies, I may never actually get to have real ones… I’ll have to be happy with fake ones on the table in the meantime.

Munchies and stuff for game night!

Hello, Kendra and Tyler! (Or Skyler as Phoebe kept calling him). Haha!

Chip sneak! Better than his sister who snuck I don’t know how many cupcakes and proceeded to only lick the frosting off them.

I soaked these cherries in Amaretto for 24 hours and then dried them and dipped them in white chocolate candy coating and sprinkles. So potent and good!!

The taco dip also went fast, as did the Buffalo Chicken wraps I forgot to get pictures of.

The first game played before other people arrived (and the kids’ favorite).

Think Uno… only with poop. You have to try not to clog the toilet. So gross, and perfect for any kid.

This picture was as the night was beginning to wind down, I believe. If you’re looking for games to play, though, Betrayal at House on the Hill is always a fun one. Utter Nonsense got a lot of laughs, as did Joking Hazard. Wow… I’m not sure if we actually got around to any other games besides those… if we did, it’s slipped my mind.

Anyway, it was a good weekend and we need more game nights. Happy Monday!

The Oregon Trail – Card Game

Apparently we were one of the fortunate ones who were able to grab The Oregon Trail card game this week. Suddenly it is ridiculously hard to find and people are buying multiple copies and reselling for $40, which is crazy.

We opened it up as soon as we got it home and decided to take some quick phone pics and I figured I’d write up a quick review. The game itself is small (as you can see) and well worth the $10 it cost us. We seriously lucked out and were able to not only buy the game a day early (someone whoopsied), but it was also on sale. I chose names for us based on immature nostalgia because who didn’t pick silly names when playing the computer version?

There isn’t a lot of game setup, and the rules weren’t terribly lengthy, but a tad confusing at times and also left a few things up in the air so we just went with what felt right when those situations arose.

Thankfully our table appeared to be the recommended 3 feet need to complete the game… that is if anyone in our party actually survived the journey. Considering there were only two of us, this seemed highly unlikely.

While there is no hunting to be had, you still get to experience things like Extreme Cold and the other various illnesses that always popped up during the game, as well as broken wagon tongues and arms.

I, of course pulled the Cholera card on what might have been my second turn. Thankfully I had medicine in my supplies, but I also had a Town card and was able to get more medicine in the supply store. Phew!

However, nothing could save me from Dysentery. It was up to Josh to try and make it to Oregon.

Alas, he forded a river only to succumb to a Snake Bite. Our dreams of a brighter future out West were dashed to pieces and left to rot with the remains of our wagon in a desolate wilderness.

Despite the game only lasting maybe 10 minutes, it was fun to play and definitely a good one to have on the shelf. Sometimes you just need a quick game that doesn’t take forever to set up and since it fits in a small box it’ll travel well too. While fun, I really don’t recommend that people pay $40 on eBay for it. I have a feeling they’ll produce more and everyone who spent that much will feel pretty silly considering the game is really only worth the $10-$12 it’s sold for in stores.

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