Last week, when Konnie mentioned
game night with her kids, it made me wish I lived closer to her. Especially
when she mentioned the old board games she has, which her kids don’t want to
play.
Considering that one of those board
games is one I wish I owned, I WANT TO PLAY!
I think I have duplicates of some of
her old games, but I know I don’t have Careers, and I sorely wish I did. It’s
so old, it’s really hard to come by nowadays. And I pray Konnie still has that
game the next time I manage to get down there for a visit.
And I can think of a few games I
have that she probably doesn’t have, but it does little good when I live so far
away.
I honestly wish I had someone nearby
I could play games with.
Anyone willing to come by? I’ve got
a whole trunk full of games. Loads of games. The oldest ones I can think of
would be Monopoly, Life, and Mouse Trap, but I have quite a few others. I even
have one based on Star Trek TNG, and several different trivia games.
And that barely scratches the surface.
I have so many games I’ve had to take them out of their boxes and put them in zip
lock bags so I could get all of them in the tote I store them in. And it is
still overflowing.
I’d get a larger tote, but where
would I put it?
You must remember I have several
other collections as well, and this isn’t exactly a mansion I live in.
Okay, it is a two-bedroom, but I
could easily fill one room with just my books, or my Nativities, or my Barbies.
Note I said, “Or,” not, “And.” At present, my Barbies are tucked away in four
totes of graduated sizes.
I can say that my Barbie inventory
is up to date, which is something I cannot say about my games, books, or
Nativities.
At least I have started an inventory
on the books, give me a break!
Nativities are going to be hardest
to inventory. I honestly think I’m going to have to go through my house and
take close-up pictures of each individual one to have an accurate
inventory.
Books and games are easy; I just
need to list the names.
Barbies are a little harder since I
need their names, age group, and family group. But, like I said, that inventory
is up to date; my aide helped me do that last week.
And inventorying my games would be a
whole lot easier than an inventory of my books, because all my games are in one
place, not just about every room, and well, I have started the inventory of my
books, so I have to keep going back to figure out which ones I already have so
I don’t write them in twice.
The only page that is current in my book inventory is the
page listing my Boxcar Children books. When I started the inventory, I only had
the first fifteen books; now I have all nineteen, which were actually written by
Gertrude Chandler Warner. And that is all the ones I want
from that list. The rest of the books drive me nuts because they don’t adhere
to the timeline established in the first nineteen books, most particularly the
fact that the kids get older with each book.
Okay, yeah, I am a
stickler for details, explaining why I hate most of the Harry Potter movies
because of how far they deviate from the books. I particularly hate those
stupid shrunken heads! They are not in the books!
Enough said on that subject.
Those books are great, I
love the detail, I love the storylines. Well, written. I have read and reread
them several times apiece. I’d rather reread the whole series than watch any of
the movies past the second or third one. And I do have all the movies.
Which reminds me of
something else I need an inventory of. At least they are all in one corner of the
living room.
It wouldn’t hurt to get an
inventory of my CDs and records as well.
Yes, someone with a lot of
collections needs lots of inventories. I really should get all those done.
On the writing front, I am
still buried in reading. I keep thinking about yet another story I know I have,
but haven’t read in a while, and well, so far, I have managed to find the
stories I’m thinking about.
Maybe when I finish this
most recent one, I’ll start writing again.
Anyway, happy writing,
everyone!
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