Mousetrap

Last night we spent a fantastic evening at a friend's house playing games.  There were tables playing all sorts of complex, strategic games but I ended up playing Mousetrap with the kids.

For those of you who don't remember the game from their childhood, it involves building a complex mousetrap then being the last mouse uncaught by the trap.  It was hilarious and I was the cause of much of the laughter as I managed to land on the only spot that sends you back to the start 8 times in a row.  In the end a friend had to roll the dice for me to get me out of there.

Later in the evening we sat around, glasses of red wine in hand discussing our dream holiday destinations and plans for the future and I reflected on what a great place my life is at.  When a single night can include rolling on the floor with laughter over a kids game and intellectual discussion over delicious red wine, it is a pretty great night.

Draw a Stickman

One of the things I like most about Facebook (other than it reminds me of people's birthdays which makes me look like a good friend for remembering) is the cool stuff people post up.  This may be that I have some very cool friends, but whatever the reason, it means that I often get sent to fun and fantastic places on the Internet.

Like Draw a Stickman.  An extremely cute website where you draw a stickman and it comes to life.  Really it is that simple, but absolutely gorgeous.  And quite addictive, I keep thinking of different types of stickmen that I could draw and how cute they would look doing ... well I'm not going to give the punchline away, you will just have to go and draw a stickman.

Word Bubbles - I'm addicted

Just a quick one today to alert you to my new addiction - word bubbles.  It is awesome, you get 3 letters and 60 seconds to make as many words as you can starting with those letters.  For someone with mild dyslexia in the form of a serious inability to spell (as you may sometimes notice on this blog) it is probably quite good for me.  At least I tell myself that when I swear I'm only having one more game.

It also makes me wonder how my brain works when the letters nec come up and I thought of necrophilia before I thought of neck. 

Do try it, just be prepared for hours to have gone by without notice:

http://www.lumosity.com/brain-games/flexibility-games/word-bubbles