Shooting turkeys


This is not about what the title sounds like.  My friends, Kim and Diane, came up this morning for breakfast and then to bowl a couple of games.  See not Thanksgiving turkeys.

Diane has a new goal in her life.  She wants to beat Rich at bowling for at least one game.  Today, she was going to try to reach this goal.  Last Wednesday, Diane and Rich were bowling after the department bowling outing.  Diane wasn’t having such a good day.  She decided to challenge Rich to another game.  They agreed upon today for that rematch.

Since Diane was coming up this way, she invited our friend, Kim, to come with her. I haven’t seen Kim in a while, so it was a great chance to connect again.  Kim is my free spirited friend who loves to travel and do things.  I wish I had her energy for getting about.  I’ve know Kim for almost 12 years now.  It never amazes me how she can pick up at a moment’s notice to go and have fun.  She happened to be in town and not scheduled for anything.

Kim and Diane came by our house before 9:00 this morning.  This meant we could go by the Island diner and enjoy a leisurely breakfast.  Diane says the place has to be good because it has Island in the name.  Here, I thought it was because they knew how to do breakfast. 

Rick, Rich, and I got the usual.  Kim went for the simple bacon and eggs while Diane did the Island breakfast wrap with sausage.  It looked good and hit the spot before we headed off to Palace Bowl.  The parking lot had quite a few cars, but the Sunday morning league was playing down at one end of the lanes.  There was no one in for the open bowling.

We got situated on the lane and Rick put in the names.  Dick (Rich) would lead off followed by Di Di (Diane), then Rick and Kimmy P (Kim).  The game started slowly and it appeared that Diane and Rich were pretty evenly matched.  Rich won the first two games by a couple of pins.  There were running pretty much around 135-140.  Then the third game, Rich poured it on strong and finished with a 211, which was an all time high for him.

Now a turkey is 3 strikes in a row, for those who don’t know bowling.  Then Rich got stuffing, which is 4 strikes in a row.  He was hot.  No cranberries thought (5 in a row).  You know, there is a name for just about every combination of bowling strikes.  The list is long.

Rick was just trying to stretch and get back int he swing.  He hadn’t really bowled much over the last year.  He hit a 107, 126, and then was too tired to reach more than 100 on the third game.  Now Rick could be a great bowler, if he practiced more.  We want him to join the men’s league with his dad next year.  Not sure if that will happen or not.  He is expected to get a job when we get back from vacation this summer.  That might get in the way of bowling.

So Diane is on still working on her stretch goal to beat Rich in a game of bowling.  I guess we’ll probably be hitting a few more bowling alleys along the way as Diane tries to put a hurt on Rich’s game. 

Besides, Sascha loved the company.  She had a greeting for everyone.  After we got back, she demanded attention while Rich, Kim, Diane and I were talking in the basement.  Rich was showing off his improved bar.  Sascha was lying on the couch as Diane was getting her a rub down.  Once you start petting Sascha, she refuses to believe that you would ever want to stop. 

Thanks for coming out guys.  We had a great time.  Maybe after work one day, Diane, you and Rich can hold another challenge.