Yes, I am 9-Ball Champ Again!

Things have been busy around here as we head into spring. I traveled to Anchorage last weekend with some colleagues for the NEA-Alaska Leadership conference. We were able to get our association calendar together and generate some ideas for the coming year. I was also able to do some massive grocery shopping and restock our cupboards and freezer at home with all kinds of goodies.

Our driveway is a mess after months of snow being packed down on it. Now that it has started to thaw we have a lake where we usually park. The biggest problem is knowing where the ground is still solid and where it isn’t. It is no fun falling through the ice and into ankle deep water. Last night when Phillip and I came home from playing pool (where I slaughtered him in 9ball) he tried to park the truck off to the side so we could get out on solid ground. I had no problems getting around the car but he ended up trying to stand on an ice spit at the edge of our pond, desperately holding onto the truck to keep from slipping, while trying to get the truck door closed and get around it. I came around and offered to help but after realizing his predicament I thought it would be better to get the camera. Laughing, I ran to the house for it. Unfortunately I was laughing too hard to move quickly and I missed the photo opportunity.

Phillip’s love of oatmeal cookies has finally gone too far. Yesterday he made a batch and brought me some at lunch. He then made a side comment that he had put coffee beans in some of them and he wasn’t sure which ones had them. Knowing my extreme aversion to coffee in any form he then offered to try the cookie to see if it was acceptable for me to consume. After eating half of the cookies I was on to his scheme. He can’t trick me! I finally got a couple of them from the batch after I called him on his little trick. We both laughed until tears were running it was so funny!

Back to the pool game. Last night I won all but the last game of 9-Ball against Phillip. He believes that whoever wins the last game gets "bragging rights" so we always quit after he finally wins a game. He can brag about winning that last game, but we all know who is the champ.