On Saturday we were woken by the idiots from Circuit City again, wanting to know if we want to renew our extended warranty on the television. Are you guys calling again? A few minutes later our lawn guy showed up, which put an end to sleeping later.

We had the usual grocery errands, then a sojourn to the hobby shop, then came home for about an hour to cuddle the critters.

We had a games night at the Lawsons' starting at five: the gals usually get together and play board games and the guys play something guy-ish, like Pirates or an aviation card game. Tonight they spent the night "solving the world's problems." :-) We played Cranium and a game where you finish quotations and another game which I can't recall the name of, dealing with words.

We're hosting a games' night next Saturday.

Today we drove up to Chattanooga. Love to go up occasionally and pop into A.C. Moore; wish they had one here close. (The closest one in Georgia is in Columbus, which is further away than Chattanooga.) It takes about eighty minutes to get there, so we listened to OTR on the way up and back: two Supermans, a Green Hornet, Dragnet, The Whistler, an adaptation of the Fibber McGee and Molly movie Heavenly Days!, and part of The Great Gildersleeve.

Moore has some completely different things from both Michael's and JoAnn, and many of their decorations are bargain-priced: I picked up simple Valentines Day hearts for a dollar apiece. I also hadn't found any religious-themed Easter decorations in either Michael's or JoAnn or, ironically, that many in Hobby Lobby, which is closed on Sunday because the owners are devout Christians. Moore's didn't have a lot of Easter decorations out yet, but I did find an Easter banner (I completely forgot to look for a Valentine one) with a cross on it.

Did find some cool "leafing" paint pens. Supposely these put a shiny metallic mark on your crafts, not just a metallic color like most paint pens. James got a silver one for use on models and I couldn't decide between gold (which would be the most useful) and copper (which I adore), so I bought both.

James grilled a steak when we got home and then we put on The Game! We've been waiting for this one in anticipation every time the commercials came on.

No, not the Super Bowl. Who wants to watch football? We're watchin' the Puppy Bowl! Right now the Kitty Half-Time Show is on.

I notice they are refining these things as the years go on. The first Puppy Bowl was basically a webcam on puppies in a football-painted pen, with a cam in the water bowl and different angles with some music. Last year they pumped up the music a little and added the Kitty Half-Time Show with kittens playing with cat toys on a platform. This year they seem to be editing the action so we don't watch five minutes of puppies going to sleep. The kittens don't seem all that playful this year; they have a disco ball effect and I think it's bothering them a little. There's a orange-tabby-and-white guy that is quite adorable, though.

Labels: cats, crafts, dogs, Easter, games, Valentines Day, weekend

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I found out a few weeks ago that there's an AC Moore next door to the Super Fresh about ten minutes from me (by bike) in Westmont, across from the Camden County Branch Library. It's smaller than the one you guys visited, and it didn't really have that much, but it's nice to know there is some kind of hobby store in this area. At least I'll be able to shop for Mom and my sister Jessa's birthdays! :D

# posted by  Emma : 9:41:00 PM

 

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