Getting To Know You

Our good buddy Nan (who has perfect attendance at Bible study...ladies...) desperately wanted to exercise his hospitality this weekend and host a dinner for anyone who was interested. However, at the last minute, he came down with a fever and could not host. We switched the location to my house, but missed Nan very much. I am constantly ashamed at how much more the folks who are new to our church can often have a more genuine and indiscriminate friendliness and openness than those of us who have been around several years or more. Thank you Nan! It was a great opportunity for folks, new and experienced, to have some casual "get to know you better" time.



After feeding everyone my bread crumbs (thanks again Mom), the group naturally formed into the usual Career Impact segregated room. Girls by the fireplace, guys on the couches...except Jed. What are you doing over there man!?


This made conditions perfect for the "Battle of the Sexes" board game. It's pretty simple. You ask girls questions from the pile of guy questions, and ask the guys questions from the pile of girl questions. This makes for interesting stuff like "Who was the only 50 year old driver to win the Indy 500?" to which the girls said "...what?" Then "What is the name of the soap opera actor married to Kelly Ripa" To which Andrew says "Mark Consuelos" and we hit him for knowing that.






Some other top comments included:

"What anti-depressant comes in an oval shape?" Guy's comment - "You girls should know since you're depressed all the time".

Tim - "Girls, talk about your answer out loud so that we can laugh at your logic."

Jed to Julie - "I'm right, you're wrong. You'll have to change"






Andrew was our secret weapon. Likewise, his fiance knew many of the manly questions. I say we trade next time.













It was common to hear "oh, oh, ask that one, there's NO way they'll know who owns that hockey team".




Dont' feel bad. The girls did the same thing.


This is what you get when Tim has the camera.


After the sexist game, which the guys won btw (is that something to be proud of??), We hit the dinning room table for Dutch Blitz. Ashley learned how to play it for the first time and kicked butt when she found her nitch. This is team blitz. I'm the one with the receding hairline. Mike and Jenna dominated for several rounds, but eventually Pete and Erika put the final smack down.