Day 14; Post 13: Kingpin.

Okay, I didn't specify that I would be posting each day. Just that I would have 30 posts in 30 days. So one of these days I will be getting two posts in on one day. Let's hope life gets more exciting soon...I'm guessing since I have nieces (and the rest of my family) in my near future I shouldn't be having much trouble.

Yesterday was our friend Angie's birthday party. Angie, being an awesome person, has started a tradition of having a bowling party for her birthday. So, we had our 2nd annual Bowling-Fest with a great group of people. We got some pitchers of beer, got two lanes, and donned fashionable bowling shoes for a night of bowling debauchery.

Of course, this being the Mid-Atlantic region the only bowling that was readily available to us was duckpin bowling.


Similar to regular bowling except the pins are squatter, the ball is smaller and lighter, and you get three throws per turn. It takes some getting used to but it's pretty fun.

Dan, Angie's husband had also purchased a special trophy to go to the champion of the evening. Yes, Dan had a special trophy made to commemorate the event.


Incidentally, that is our brick wall in the background of that picture. You might ask, "why is the trophy at your house, Melissa?" Because I am the 2009 Grand Champion of the Bowling-Fest. Must have been all those "kid lifts" and "kid curls" I've been doing. Or just luck. In duckpin bowling a lot depends on luck.

That trophy is now sitting on our bookshelf next to our wedding picture. I still can't get over that Dan had a trophy specially-made...