Month: May 2017

Playing Bonco and having ladies night out

I LOVE playing Bonco and having ladies night out.  After working all day in a very stressful job where I communicate with people all day long, I like to relax with some fun ladies and play Bonco.  Mostly the night consists of talking and laughing.   I love each of my Bonco buddies as if they were my own sisters.  We laugh together, cry together, give advice, take advice, plan weddings, and just enjoy each other’s company.  Sometimes we even add new rules and mix things up.

If you don’t know what Bonco is, it is a game of chance.  Yes, a game of chance.  3 dice, a score card, and a tally sheet and the fun begins. 4 people to a table.  Picture a card table with someone sitting on each side.  The person right across from you is your partner and you start rolling the dice.

Each month we rotate who’s going to host the event and we enter one of our homes for food, fun, and GREAT company.  We’ve had marriages, grandchildren, we’ve listened to travel diaries, shared recipes, deaths of loved ones, surgeries, sitting in a hot tub,building new houses, reviewing books we have just read, BUT best of all, it’s the cheapest therapy you will ever find.  Some nights we have laughed so hard, that our cheeks hurt.  Some nights we have cried with each other.  But all in all we enjoy each others company.

Each one of these friends is a VERY SPECIAL FRIEND.  Each one has  different talents, lifestyle, ideas, recipes, family life, work life, and yet we all become one on Bonco night.  No one tries to outdo anyone else.  We are all on the same level playing field.

The best part is, at the end of the night after hugs all around we all go home rejuvenated to start fresh the next day, to strive to become a better person.

This is a shoutout to my Bonco buddies.  Love each and every one of you.

Stay tuned for some really good recipes from the bonco buddies.

Just unplug for a little while

Just unplug for a little while.  I have decided to turn my cell phone off for a few hours everyday, not just an hour at a time, but a few hours all at one time.  I have watch many people lately, and have decided that they are obsessed/addicted to there cell phones. We didn’t used to have cell phones, and got along just fine.  Here is a little unscientific test that I have come up with.

Do you ever let your phone fully charge to 100% or do you unplug as soon as you have a couple of bars only to use the power up and need to charge again?

Are you on your phone constantly?  (i.e., text msg, social media, etc.)

Do you take your phone to bed with you?

Do you take your phone to the dinner table with you?

Do you take your phone to the bathroom with you? (I have had conversations with people that are using the bathroom and talking on the phone.  GROSS)

When it dings do you hurray and look to see who is texting you?

Is your phone more important than what your children/family are doing/saying?

If so, you may just be obsessed/addicted to it.  Can you put it down for a few hours everyday and just ignore it?  Sometimes, I think that I’ll put a box by the front door for everyone that comes to visit to put their cell phones in when they walk through the door and then they can get them out of the box when they are ready to leave.

My thought process tells me that when you go to visit someone, that you should visit with them and give them your total attention.  My grandchildren LOVE total attention time.  I LOVE giving it to them.

I’m not opposed to cell phones as I have one myself, but I just think we are spending too much time on them.  What if we went for a walk, learned a new craft, read a book, finished an unfinished project just something other than being on the phone/social media etc.  Let’s actually spend quality time with our children/grandchildren playing games, making crafts, reading stories or just listening to what our families have to say.

 

Who’s with me on this quest?  Try it, you might like it.