A riders game, a crazy storm, and a penis cake! 08-19-07

Last Saturday turned out to be a crazy day. To be honest, it all started Friday night.

Friday:
Friday was a plum crazy day. I spent the day with my mom and sister running around town like chickens with our heads cut off. We were trying to get items that I needed for "shower" games; games were my responsibility for my cousin's wedding shower. We finally got back to my mom's at 10:30PM after an exhausting 2.5 hour grocery shopping stint at Superstore -- don't even get me started on how it can take anyone that long to grocery shop -- it's a sore point with me and I've realized I'm a different type of shopper than other members of my family... names are really not necessary.... So we got home and a series of events unfolded:

My brother ran downstairs towards the laundry room with a bottle of liquid Fleecy fabric softener, proceeded to trip down our basement stairs (impressive really that he wasn't hurt), Fleecy flew through the air and hit the side wall of the stairwell, bottle broke open and liquid Fleecy flew through the air covering walls, stairs, floor. Let's just say that the verdict is still out on whether liquid Fleecy can be removed from carpet and that I've learned that you can have too "fresh" a smell.
At the same time, my sister is unloading the dishwasher and proceeds to break a Pyrex cooking dish -- glass flies everywhere.
My mother starts yelling at my sister because she had dressed her son in pj's that are too big for him (sleeves and pant legs are way too long)... my sister in a huff proceeds towards her son in the hallway where she steps on his long pant legs, effectively tripping him, he goes flying (as far as he can with pinned pant legs) and proceeds to face plant on the floor HARD and starts screaming...

I was sitting on a chair at the kitchen table taking in all of these events. GAWD! Glad to be home. That said, it was now 11PM and we had a shower card to design (because we don't do things the easy way, like shop at Hallmark). Tess and I had to create 3 shower games and we had to make a Penis cake for Shannon's wedding stagette the next day.

What you need to know about this picture is that
both my cousin and her finance are red heads.

Enter Saturday:
Saturday night we went to the Rider Game. Oh, what a game it was. We were sitting on the 45 yard line under the overhang and this turned out to be the best possible place to be sitting. It was storming. Rain, thunder, lightening and a really good football game! It could only get better when the power goes out at Taylor Field, right? YES! Especially when you are dry! Here's a few pictures and a short video clip to give you an idea of what the night looked like.

This is the view from our seats.

This is how hard the rain was coming down...

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Later that night:
The game delay took about an extra hour - so I rushed home to meet my sister and pick up the cake and then we raced to my cousin's stagette. We stayed only long enough to deliver her presents as it was so late... She seemed to really enjoy her gifts.

Onto Sunday:
The wedding shower was a very nice affair -- English Garden theme. The games went well and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. I think several members of the family felt immense relief that it went well and was over. I was also happy because I could relax -- it was a busy weekend!