My best friend got me two new games for my birthday. A group of us played one of the games tonight: Snatch It.

Here’s how it works:

1. You start with a bunch of Scrabble-like tiles and turn them face down in a central pile.
2. Each player takes a turn flipping over a tile.
3. When someone can make a word with at least three tiles, s/he says the word, grabs the tiles, and sets up the word in front of him/her.
4. At any time, a player can grab one of the tiles from the middle and use it to make a new word using someone else’s words (hence the “snatch

One of my goals for this month is to send my friend a good birthday present.

Hmm…let me think. He’s outdoorsy and likes hiking. Maybe I should give him the book I gave Matt a few years ago.

What else? Is there something I could make for him that would be useful? What about handmade stationary with stamped envelopes?

Or what about a cooking class at the Whole Foods in his town? They have “Lunch Express” classes. For $18, you get a cooking class and a scrumptious lunch. That might be fun.

Choices…choices.

I got to take Hoss to school with me last Friday!

Hoss and I worked really hard last year to get him certified as a therapy dog, so he could officially visit schools, hospitals, nursing homes, etc.

The Delta Society has a neat program where they let you take the test first. If you pass it, you can then complete a home study kit and become certified. Hoss and I did spend time training before we took the test, but we didn’t want to enroll in formal classes, and I didn’t want to waste a lot of money or time on anything if he wasn’t going to be able to … Read More