Another family game night story

It was a dark and wooded lane lit only by moonlight. In the dark wooded lane there were 6 vampires strategically placed behind the trees. They bit the trees. Their biting the trees was the sign to call the head vampire dude. But the head vampire dude wasn't listening because he was busy with a stopped up drain. One vampire screamed in a loud voice, "I have a splinter!" The other vampires shot him because he was being loud and he wasn't supposed to. Then suddenly Hannah Montana started singing her party song. But it was only in 1 vampire's head so only he could hear it.
Meanwhile the vampire who had been shot headed off to the head vampire's house where he discovered the head vampire with his hand caught in the drain. He helped him get loose and then the head vampire killed him for deserting his post. Because he was supposed to be bilging. The head vampire went to pick up his girlfriend on his awesome motorcycle. Meanwhile back at the sink, the serpent thingy creating the clog, stuck out it's tenticle and resurrected the vampire. The tenticle not only resurrected the vampire but broke its bonds to the head vampire dude. The head vampire sensing something was wrong, cussed in 6 languages simultaneously turned around, went home and cut off the head off the tenticle thingy. Eric got back on his motorcycle and rode away with Suki into the moonset.
Meanwhile the serpent thingy head grew back and he climbed out of the sink and snuck off. The serpent thingy and the very grateful vampire hurried off to warn the beautiful innocent young woman who was walking into the trap in the wooded lane. As she walked down the lane in the moonlight she felt someone was watching her. The serpentine thingy, vampire and woman didn't know was this was really a plot to ambush the next plumber so Eric could fix his sink.
Eric and Suki decided to make their own crew called the night raiders. As they wereon one of their adventures Eric found another woman named Jezabel and fell in love.
Back in the wooded lane, the Serpentine thingy, and vampire caught the young innocent plumber just in time. As dawn approached, they needed to get back in time to fix the sink while he slept.
Back on the ship, Jezabel died and Eric realized she had had him under a spell because she was far too ugly for him to have loved and begged Suki's forgiveness. Suki forgave him and said Eric had to take her out to dinner at the Owl Barn. Suki, under depression, killed herself and Eric realized she was even uglier than Jezabel.
In retribution the serpent thingy travelled through the plumbing and dragged Eric's ship to the bottom of the ocean. Meanwhile a tall ship appears on the horizon. It has big red letters on it that read,"Happy Birthday Eric". Back with Eric and Suki, Suki's body changed and he realized she was another woman who had taken a polyjuice potion because she was in love with Eric. Still, he found out that Suki had died a long time ago and this person had been impersonating her. But considering the ship Eric was on was on the bottom of the ocean being slowly crushed by the serpentine thingy, this was the least of his troubles. The tall ship searched for survivers and found none but did sea a tenticle slip beneath the sea.
Fiona showed up and stepped on everyone's head. (Little Penguin had fallen asleep and mumbled this)
Eric swam to the surface. Then God showed up and everyone went to either Heaven or Hell and ended the story. The resurrected vampire, the young beautiful plumber and the 5 vampires with their teeth stuck in trees were notpart of this delusion and may appear in a later story.

Keeping me out of trouble again

Remeber a couple weeks ago when my husband called just as I was struggling with my conscience? Well, it happened again. I was at my brother in law's while my daughter worked. I was there to try to fix his computer and was waiting for something to download. it was taking forever as the parasite was trying to prevent it and he has dialup. Now it is my nature to be be nosy, I once told my husband before I married him I love to collect useless information abotu people just for the fun of collecting. So to kill time I thought I would see what my brother in law kept in his closets. He is a bit eccentric, living with no furniture, few dishes and keeping his bills in pots on the stove. So I was curious what he would put in a closet. Yes, I know it was none of my business what was in there. Well, just as I open the door, my cell phone rings. It is my husband. "How do you do that?" I say. Needless to say he had once again just felt like he should call me and there I was getting into trouble. I think my guardian angel(I call him Chevalier) must have a hotline to him or to his guardian angel. Thanks again Chevalier and Mr Moo!

Funny but Embarassing Story

We usually keep Bitty Moo, aged 18 months locked out of the bathroom. Too much to get into and she has a way with undoing child proof locks. Well, 3 days ago somebody slipped up. One of her sisters comes to me and asks, "why is she chewing on a tampon?" We took it from her although she was not happy about this. Then I went to investigate. She had gotten into my bathroom drawer and removed and an enitre box of 40 tampons and strewn them about the house. I found them under the sofa, on the back screen proch, in the kitchen, all over. Every time I think I have them all picked up, another one surfaces. I found one again this afternoon. I keep imagining someone I don't know well, like my priest for example, coming over and finding one. I believe I would shrivel up and die of mortification on the spot.

Ahoy me hearties

I have never had any talent for video or computer games where you fight with fists or swords or things but I think I can make it as pirate. I found the game, Puzzle Pirates, through a credit in the back of a romance novel. Yes, I am one of those odd people who actually reads the author's notes at the end of the book. So the whole game is set in this 18th century pirate island world. Everyone has a pirate name(I am Brazen Becky) and there are piratey things to do like brawling and bilging and sailing, except all of the activities are puzzles. Brawling is like the popcap game dynomite. Bilging is like Bejeweled. Drinking is like a mah Johng game I have. I'm not brilliant at them but I am definitely holding my own.
So from each "mission" like bilging or sailing, I earn pieces of eight. I have already bought a table and am planning to paint my shack soon. Some people buy clothes or buy businesses with their money.
This brings me to the educational part of the game. The economy in the game is real. Players own all the ships and businesses. Each island has natural resources and players trade them to other islands where they are turned into consumer goods, bought by the players. Each game is a critical thinking game, emphasizing spacial relations and patterns. Now my girls spend as much time socializing as playing the puzzles but one of the rules of the game is you must stay in pirate persona so it is pretty safe. The game even has a filter that piratizes any bad language.
So anyway, I have been spending a couple hours a day playing this game. It is so easy to have the time pass while you are playing. Arrrgh! I love the fresh sea air!