Needing Ideas on Games to Play with Family or for gifts?

I love board and card games. They are a new found obsession of mine. I have decided to pass on my experience with board and card games on to the world. I have complied my top 10 favorite board and card games to share with everyone. All of these games have been played by me and some of my friends and family. If you have been wanting to start a family game night or need something to do at the holiday gatherings coming up, search no further. Any of theses games are sure to put a smile on your face and laughter in your house.

If you want any further information on any of these games, such as where to purchase them, please contact me. I would love to talk to you about them or even play a few rounds with you!

Top 10 Board Games

10. Scattergories

9. Sequence
8. Monopoly
7. Clue: The Office Edition

6. Yahtzee Free for All5. Rummikub
4. Phase 10 Twist
3. Blokus2. Carcassonne
1. Apples to Apples

Top 10 Card Games
10. Uno!
9. Fluxx8. Monopoly: The Card Game7. Phase 10
6. Zombie Fluxx
5. Munchkin

4. Lord of the Fries

3. Skip-Bo
2. Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot: Remix1. Monopoly Deal!

Happy Gaming and Happy Thanksgiving!
Larisa

Pictures of the Downstairs Entertaining/Gaming Room & My Office

Above is a picture of my "new" office. I am sharing it with my favorite four legged puppies. On the left side of the wall is all my high school graduation stuff.

Above is my book case full of cook books and scrapbooking supplies.

Above is my desk and behind it is more of my scrapbooking stuff. I have so much!

Here is the sitting area by the fireplace. Nice and cozy!

Here is our collection of board games. We LOVE game night!

Here is another view of our board games and the hallway door.

The long view of the room. Some of the folding tables are already set up for board & card gaming. During the Holidays, we will be using the open space for entertaining.

Enjoy the pictures!
Larisa

Getting Ready for All the Fun!

This week, I have been re-organizing my downstairs rooms to accommodate for all the family gathering that will be coming up soon. I have now officially turned the "dogs" room, which only held the dogs' cages and had plenty of room storage, into my new office/craft room and I have turned the "media" room, which had been my office for awhile but was way too big to just be an office, into the entertaining room. The entertaining room now has space for tables and chairs and has couches set up by the "fire place" (vent-less, gas heater with a fire place front) for lazing about in. Also, our board & card game collection has been moved downstairs into the entertaining room to allow for expansion (we were running out of room to put them all) and easy access to allow for more game nights! ;) Also moving all the board games downstairs has left me with a lot more space in our upstairs pantry/storage closet to keep kitchen stuffs in. So DOUBLE YEAH!

Hopefully I will be able to post pictures soon! I am really proud of all my hard work! And Josh helped too! :)

Organized!
Larisa

Taste of Fall

*Sniffle Sniffle* I have been under the weather for about a week or more now with a runny nose and the yucks, where you're not sure what it is that hurts but you just feel yuck.

However, I have been enjoying the beautiful fall weather from the comfort of my home by leaving all the windows open. Today I even made White Bean Chili! I only make it in the fall and it hit the spot!

Happy Fall Y'all,
Larisa

Wishing Already

Thank you God for the BEAUTIFUL autumn weather outside! I love sweatshirt/hoodie weather! It's my favorite kind of weather to be out and about in. My favorite weather of all is winter snow but being able to stay inside, in the warmth of my home, and watch it fall and not have to travel in it.

I am already CRAVING Christmas! I have started thinking about what my Christmas Craft/Gift will be for this year and singing Christmas songs in my head! :) Christmas is by far my favorite holiday! I can't wait to start baking goodies and decorate the tree and watch Christmas movies!

However, it will come and go too quickly. *sigh* All you can do is make memories while it lasts and remember them throughout the year.

Happy Fall!
Larisa