Letter Game

This one came from Katie over in Katieland, she is a fellow RVB who before we started blogging we were on the awkward wave hello basis, now when I see her we stop and chat.

1. A is for age: 28

2. B is for beer of choice: Not a big beer drinker

3. C is for career right now: 8th grade math teacher

4. D is for your dog's name? Gretal, she is my childhood dog who lives with The Mother

5. E is for essential item you use everyday: Lotion all day long on the face and hands.

6. F is for favorite TV show at the moment: House and Grey's Anatomy

7. G is for favorite game: Kakuro

8. H is for Home town: Dixfield

9. I is for instruments you play: Viola

10. J is for favorite juice: Blueberry

11. K is for whose butt you'd like to kick: I don't kick butt, just my own to get stuff done

12. L is for last place you ate: Home, a few cherrystone clams before the turkey pie later on tonight, YUM!

13. M is for marriage: Been there, done that, moved on

14. N is for your full name: SJI

15. O is for overnight hospital stays: none

16. P is for people you were with today: The Music Man, Stanley, and Phoebe

17. Q is for quote: "Everything happens for a reason"

18. R is for Biggest Regret: The long list, or the short list? See #17, there are none.

19. S is for status: Happily seeing The Music Man

20. T is for time you woke up today: 11:30, I woke up earlier and fed the cats and decided on the last day of vacation to go back to bed.

21. U is for underwear you have on now: Cotton

22. V is for vegetable you love: Fresh asparagus

23. W is for worst habit: Nail biting, but I'm doing better

24. X is for x-rays you've had: My teeth last time I had them cleaned

25. Y is for yummy food you ate today: Cheerios with almonds, dried cranberries, and frozen blueberries - Cheerio should call this the special SJ cereal blend.

26. Z is for zodiac sign: Sagittarius

SET!

I have been playing the Set game off and on for several years now. I learned about it while visiting some friends in Cambridge with my childhood friend Katie (I was picking her up from a flight back from Hungry and she suggested visiting some people she knew and Cambridge. I thought it was just going to be dinner, well a few days later we came home. Such a classic "Katie" trip!) I play it both in my own life, as well as in my classroom. So far I haven't run into too many people who don't easily get addicted to this game. There are two different ways to play, the traditional version with cards or an electronic online version. Unlike cribbage, I think that both ways are a great way to play. So the long and short of it is, if you don't already play Set, you should give it a try. It is a great way to get your mind working in the morning, especially if you don't like crossword puzzles (like me)!

Here are the rules that I got off the New York Times website.

A 'Set' is 3 cards in which each individual feature is either all the SAME on each card... OR all DIFFERENT on each card. That is to say, any feature in the 'Set' of three cards is either common to all three cards or is different on each card.
The Features are:

Symbols: Each card has ovals, squiggles, or diamonds on it; Color: The symbols are red, green, or purple; Number: Each card has one, two, or three symbols on it; Shading: The symbols are solid, striped or open.

I have found two different places on the internet to play, the official Set website and the New York Times. The great thing about the puzzle on the New York Times site is that you can play at two different levels, thus making it easier for beginners. The official Set website has only one level.

Enjoy ~SJ