Finally the snow has stopped (quick, where is some wood for knocking?!? Our snowblower has been put away, which is enough of a jinx, but add a comment like the above, and I’m asking for trouble!), and the weather is finally being cooperative enough for some outdoor fun. So this weekend had us taking in the first mini-golf game of the season with friends. Unless, of course, you count the mini-golfing we did in Florida in January, but I don’t count that since in Florida the mini-golf is more like a distraction to the lizards hopping around the course and the captive alligators you can feed at our favorite mini-golf place in Orlando.
I did not do very well this weekend. Of the four of us actually playing (the kids futzed about the course), I came in last. I will blame it on my pregnancy bump – it’s getting quite large lately and is throwing off my balance, not to mention my stamina. I was distracted by looking for a bench to sit on after every hole. Yeah, that’s it, I can’t mini-golf while pregnant. Nevermind all the practice I got on my computer this winter (see previous mini-golf posts of mine where I have links to (mostly) cool computer versions of mini-golf), I just can’t mini-golf while pregnant. Oh, just kidding, I’ve done it before, it’s no big deal and not that much different, just gotta swing around the bump. I just lost because I was rusty, and I didn’t take my time putting. Besides that, my husband did extra well this time, and he usually comes in last, so last place had to go to someone. I don’t really care if I win or lose, for me, it’s just about learning what the ball does in various situations, gaining that experience, and most importantly, having fun! I did win the mini-bowling we played afterwards though… I really want to get one of those for my basement. I’ve always liked bowling, and here is a way the physically impaired (as I am for a few months here) can still enjoy participating in the sport. Pipe dreams, of course… if I had that kind of money or space in my basement, I could think of a dozen better things to put down there… mostly animals…
But anyway, I looked for cool mini-golf shots on youtube, and I actually didn’t see any… just a lot more people worse at mini-golf than I am who don’t even realize it. But I did come across this pretty cool contraption at a mini-golf course in Colorado, check it out:
I love to bowl…. I still think your league idea would be terrific
Or was it the keeping half an eye on the small one in the group? How many blue stones did you find in pockets after you got home? For some reason they really are taken by those pieces of glass.
Had lots of fun, even though I didn’t win at mini-golf or mini-bowling.
Didn’t find any blue glass stones… yet. 🙂
I really did want to do a theater bowling league… I was thinking in the fall after we have the baby… still thinking about it, though it’s more expensive than I thought. It would be x2 for us + babysitting = ugh. Can’t put a price on fun though… we’ll see come Aug – the bowling alley is supposed to contact me.
Who a dis Tara person? Is she a married womans who a like Wife Swap trading on TV box?