I was sooooo robbed!!!

Alright, so our bowling league banquet night was on Saturday.  It was actually ok, except for the part where I WAS TOTALLY ROBBED OF WHAT WAS RIGHTFULLY MINE (probably)!!!  And by this, I mean the award for "most improved bowler".  See, apparently it doesn't matter what your starting average was at week one, or week three (three weeks being the time you need to establish your average).  No.  The starting week was week 6.  Tell me that doesn't suck!!!  I mean, that's certainly not the beginning of the bowling season, that's a month and a half into it!  So, obviously, to ensure that I get this award next year, I'm going to have to bowl really sucky for the first six weeks and then kick ass.  It's ok though, because I was also disappointed to learn that there were no trophies to be given to any of the award winners.  What's up with THAT???  Plus, my chicken was dry (not to mention covered with mushrooms), and Chris' steak was fatty (not to mention covered with gravy).

Ok, my rant is done.  Actually, the nice thing about the banquet is that everyone got a prize.  Chris received recognition for scoring a game over 225, and I would've received recognition for scoring a game over 150, but something was messed up so I'll get my fridge magnet prize in the fall.  Sad face.  However, our team won the league champion award for coming in first place overall (which earned us $93.50)!  Our team also came in first place during sweeps week (another $37.50 in winnings...cha-ching!)!  And I won 4th place during sweeps week for the women's singles group ($5.00 - booyah - Chris won 5th place in the men's singles sweeps week, so he only got $4.00)!  Everyone even got some money back...Chris and I took home a total of almost $300 in winnings!  Plus, there were door prizes.  Some of them were horrendously awful, but we actually walked away with the best prizes available: a folding camp chair, an ultra-soft snuggle blanket, a beverage thermos, and a big hanging flower pot full of purple petunias.

I'm looking forward to seeing what rewards will be reaped from participating in the summer Tuesday Superbowl league!

Ovo Means Egg

Last night Chris and I went to see Cirque du Soliel's "Ovo" at the Portland Expo Center, under the Grande Chapiteau!  It was a great time because acrobats + insects = awesome!  I bought us pretty good seats, but tall people sat in front of us and I had to keep looking around the guy's stupid fat head the entire first half of the show.  So, during the intermission the box office changed our seats to premium - we were in row H and seated on an aisle, so no one was in front of us.  Now THOSE were fantastic seats - super close, just above stage-level, and unobstructed!  I didn't take all of these pictures, so sorry copyright police. 

 The ants dancing with kiwi and corn were my favorite, I think!

The crickets jumping from trampolines onto the climbing wall were pretty spectacular, too.

And the contortionist spiders were freakishly incredible!  Nearly all the performances were pretty unbelievable - definitely see this show if you get the chance!

So Long, Half-Timers!

Last week was our last night bowling with the Half-Timers league.  I think our team came in first place (shhhh...it's a secret for now), probably due to my super high awesome handicap.  Interesting statistics:  My overall average is a 108.  However, I started the season with a 3 week average of 90, and ended the season with a 3 week average of 128.  I'm hoping to get the "most improved bowler" award at our post-season banquet in a couple of weeks! When it comes down to it, I really just want a bowling trophy - I don't care what it's for!  But Chris had better look out, since I start the SuperBowl league next week without him...when we both start the Half-Timers again in the fall I may be actual competition!

My bowling average through the league season.

 And, I scored my first turkey two weeks ago!  Woo hoo!